Definitions for sepiolite
ˈsi pi əˌlaɪtse·pi·o·lite

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1. meerschaum, sepiolitenoun

   a white clayey mineral

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1. sepiolitenoun

   A hydrated magnesium silicate, claylike mineral used for carving into decorative articles and smoking pipes

2. Etymology: From its resemblance to cuttlefish bone

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1. Sepiolite

   Sepiolite, also known in English by the German name meerschaum ( MEER-shawm, -⁠shəm; German: [ˈmeːɐ̯ʃaʊm] (listen); meaning "sea foam"), is a soft white clay mineral, often used to make tobacco pipes (known as meerschaum pipes). A complex magnesium silicate, a typical chemical formula for which is Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O, it can be present in fibrous, fine-particulate, and solid forms. The fibrous clay minerals have recently been shown to exist as a continuous polysomatic series where the endmembers are sepiolite and palygorskite. There is a continuous variation in chemical composition from sepiolite, the most magnesic and trioctahedral endmember, to palygorskite, the least magnesic, most Al- Fe- bearing, dioctahedral endmember.Originally named meerschaum by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1788, it was named sepiolite by Ernst Friedrich Glocker in 1847 for an occurrence in Bettolino, Baldissero Canavese, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy. The name comes from Greek sepion (σήπιον), meaning "cuttlebone" (the porous internal shell of the cuttlefish), + lithos (λίθος), meaning stone, after a perceived resemblance of this mineral to cuttlebone. Because of its low relative density and its high porosity, it may float upon water, hence its German name. It is sometimes found floating on the Black Sea and rather suggestive of sea-foam, hence the German origin of the name as well as the French name for the same substance, écume de mer.

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1. Sepiolitenoun

   meerschaum. See Meerschaum

2. Etymology: [Septa + -lite.]

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1. Sepiolite

   Sepiolite is a clay mineral, a complex magnesium silicate, a typical formula for which is Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O. It can be present in fibrous, fine-particulate, and solid forms. It was first described in 1847 for an occurrence in Bettolino, Baldissero Canavese, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy. The name comes from a perceived resemblance of the material to the porous bones of the cuttlefish from the Greek, "sepion". Because of its low specific gravity and its high porosity it may float upon water, hence its German name meerschaum. Sepiolite occurs as a secondary mineral associated with serpentine. It can occur as a precipitate in arid environments. It may be associated with dolomite and opal. Owing to its fibrous mineral nature, sepiolite veins may contain the hazardous material, asbestos; even where asbestos is not present, sepiolite is often mistaken for it. Careful analytical techniques may be required to distinguish the two.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sepiolite in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sepiolite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2