Crossword clues for steatite
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Steatite \Ste"a*tite\ (-t[imac]t), n. [Gr. ste`ar, ste`atos, fat, tallow: cf. F. st['e]atite.] (Min.) A massive variety of talc, of a grayish green or brown color. It forms extensive beds, and is quarried for fireplaces and for coarse utensils. Called also potstone, lard stone, and soapstone.
Talc \Talc\, n. [F. talc; cf. Sp. & It. talco, LL. talcus; all fr. Ar. talq.] (Min.) A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.
Indurated talc, an impure, slaty talc, with a nearly compact texture, and greater hardness than common talc; -- called also talc slate.
Wiktionary
n. (context mineralogy English) soapstone
WordNet
Usage examples of "steatite".
Fragments of steatite vessels which have been from 1 to 2 feet in diameter.
And here, yielding to an irresistible impulse, I wrote my name upon the nose of a steatite monster from South America that particularly took my fancy.
And the famous Mohenjo-daro steatite seals, with their cryptic animal symbols and pictographic markings.
In the case of the Hagia Triada vases the gold-coated steatite had no charms for the plunderer, who merely stripped off the gold-leaf and left its foundation to testify to us of the skill of these ancient craftsmen.
Abydos, of a polychrome vessel in the latest style of the period, in company with glazed steatite cylinders, which bear the names of Senusert III.
Minoan art in the shape of the steatite vases of Hagia Triada, Boxer, Harvester, and Chieftain.
The floor was paved with steatite, white and creamy, with veins of rich brown and black and purples and splashes of scarlet.