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talcite Min.|ˈtælsaɪt|
[f. talc n. + -ite1 2.]
a. Kirwan's name for the compact scaly variety of talc.
b. Name given to a white muscovite from Wicklow.
c. (See quot. 1888.)
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 149 Talcite. Colour, reddish or greenish white, or leek green. 1836T. Thomson in Thomson's Rec. Gen. Sci. III. 334 The specimens of talcite from Ireland are from the county of Wicklow, where it occurs crystallized in granite. 1888Nature 20 Sept. 506/2 This upper group—that of the talcites (talc-schists)—contains talc only as an accessory constituent. |