A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Talc |
|---|---|
| Description | Talc, Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 (magnesium silicate hydroxide), is an important industrial mineral. Its resistance to heat, electricity and acids make it an ideal surface for lab counter tops and electrical switchboards. It often replaces other minerals on an atom by atom basis and forms what are called pseudomorphs (false shape). The talc takes the form of the mineral it replaces. |
| Location | USA ▹ Pennsylvania ▹ York |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2002-02-10. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1430. |
| Key words | talc, silicate, pseudomorph |
| Tech details | 466 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2343 |
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