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sauconite Min.|ˈsɔːkənaɪt|
[f. Saucon, name of a valley near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania + -ite1.]
A clay mineral of the montmorillonite group containing a high proportion of zinc.
1875F. A. Genth Prelim. Rep. Mineral. Pennsylvania v. 120 The first [peculiar clay] occurs at the Ueberoth Zinc Mine near Friedensville, Lehigh county, where it has been discovered by Prof. W. Th. Roepper, who named it ‘Sauconite’. 1946Amer. Mineralogist XXXI. 414 Sauconite proves to be a member of the montmorillonite group of minerals in which three bivalent zinc ions proxy two trivalent alumina ions in octahedral positions in the lattice structure. 1968I. Kostov Mineral. 373 Additional representatives of the sub-groups are the following corresponding varieties:..Zn-saponite (sauconite) with about 35% ZnO. |
