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talcose

[ tal-kohs, tal-kohs ]

adjective

  1. containing or composed largely of talc.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of talcose1

First recorded in 1790–1800; talc + -ose 1

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Example Sentences

It is a kind of nephrite or jade, a mineral which usually occurs in talcose or magnesian rocks.

Thus feldspar, on being pulverized, yields potash; talcose slate yields magnesia; marls yield lime, etc.

The few specimens we obtained of its rocks consisted of the different varieties of talcose formation, with quartz and jasper.

On some of them the coal-beds form part of the cliffs along the shore; on others, copper is found in a chlorite and talcose slate.

This pigment comes in two forms: as asbestine and as talcose (talc, etc.).

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Talcahuanotalcum powder