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steatite
steatite Min. (ˈstiːətaɪt) Also 7–9 in L. form steatites. [ad. L. steatītis or -ītēs (Pliny), a. Gr. *στεατῖτις, -ίτης (λίθος), a stone resembling tallow, f. στεατ-, στέαρ tallow, suet: see -ite.] A massive variety of talc, commonly of a grey or greyish green colour, with an unctuous or soapy feel; ...
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Catpund
Catpund is a quarry site in Shetland, Scotland, where steatite vessels were cut from the rock from prehistory onwards. History
Steatite is also known as soapstone, or, in the Shetland dialect, "diales", "kleber", "klever", or "clammel".
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steatitous
steatitous, a. (ˈstiːətaɪtəs) [ad. F. stéatiteux, f. stéatite: see steatite and -ous.] = steatitic.1853 Th. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. III. xxxii. 386 Green steatitous slate mixed with amphibole.
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Soapstone
Steatite can be used both in lumps ("block steatite", "lava steatite", "lava grade talc"), and in the ground form. If the ground steatite is pressed together into blocks, these are called "synthetic block steatite", "artificial block steatite", "artificial lava talc
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steatoid
steatoid Min. (ˈstiːətɔɪd) [Named by E. F. Glocker 1839, from its resemblance to steatite: see -oid.] A name given to the serpentine pseudomorphs found at Snarum, in Norway.1877 Watt's Dict. Chem. V. 426.
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Bakestone
Before the 19th century, bakestones were made of stone; usually oval and of schistose steatite (soapstone), slate or very fine micaceous flaggy sandstone
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lardite
lardite Min. (ˈlɑːdaɪt) [ad. mod.L. lardītēs (Wallerius, 1778), f. lardum (see lard n.); its earlier Fr. name was ‘pierre de lard’.] † a. A synonym of steatite. b. A synonym of pagodite.1796 Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 153 Indurated Steatites. Lardites of Wallerius. 1814 Allan Min. Nomen. 46 Steati...
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Nimintabba
foundation figurine was also found under the northeastern wall of Temple of the Goddess Nimintabba, encased within baked brick boxes, and accompanied by steatite The steatite tablets rested on the bottom of the sealed box.
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ollite
† ollite Min. (ˈɒlaɪt) [f. L. olla pot + -ite: in L. lapis ollāris, F. pierre ollaire.] An obsolete synonym of potstone, or steatite.1811 Pinkerton Petral. I. 81 A dark ollite interspersed with golden mica. Ibid. 319 Saussure..calls steatite the substance which forms the base or the paste of ollite.
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Neferkahor
His name is attested on the Abydos King List (number 50) and on a black steatite cylinder seal of unknown provenance.
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Ali Murad Mound
According to Mortimer Wheeler, the Pottery of Harappan culture, terracotta figurines of bull and pig, chert flakes, a small bronze axe, beads of steatite
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CACHET EN STÉATITE SCULPTÉE Chine, dynastie Qing (1644-1911) De section ...
CACHET EN STÉATITE SCULPTÉE Chine, dynastie Qing (1644-1911) De section ovale, la prise sculptée d'un lion assis, le dessous gravé Shanshui You Qingyin; petits éclats et rayures H. : 6,8 cm ( 2 ¾ in.) A carved soapstone seal, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) 清 狮钮章 印文: 山水有清音 高: 6,8 cm
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soap-rock
soap-rock Min. [soap n.] Steatite; magnesian clay.1746 Hill Theophr. (1774) 242 The Steatites of the Soap Rock of Cornwall. 1758 Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornw. 66 The most curious of all our clays in Cornwall, is the steatites near the Lizherd, generally called the Soap-rock. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. ...
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Ioli Kalavrezou
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Byzantine women and their world (2003) ,
Byzantine icons in steatite (1985)
Steatite carvings of the middle Byzantine Period (1977)
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nomoli
‖ nomoli (ˈnɒmɒlɪ) Also nomori, numori. [Mende.] (See quots.)1910 T. J. Alldridge Transformed Colony xxix. facing p. 286 (caption) Numori... Steatite figures found in caves and supposed to be of very great antiquity. 1925 T. N. Goddard Handbk. Sierra Leone iii. iii. 56 Another superstition of much i...
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