Soapstone
At a glance
- Type
- Rock
- Group
- Metamorphic rock
- Crystal system
- None (a rock)
- Hardness
- Soft (Mohs under 3)
- Density
- Medium (2.5 to 3.2)
- Occurs in
- Metamorphic rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Grey, Green
- Lustre
- Dull
- Use
- Building, Industry
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Soapstone is so soft and so heat-resistant that people have carved it into cooking pots and stoves for thousands of years.
- Ancient Egyptians carved scarab seals from soapstone, then glazed them.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q707896 · All stones · All entries