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Talc is a soft clay mineral made of magnesium silicate that has many practical uses, from baby powder and cosmetics to paints, ceramics, and roofing materials. It matters because it's a common ingredient in everyday products where it serves as a thickening agent, lubricant, and texture enhancer.
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Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Talc
- Mineral.category
- Phyllosilicate minerals
- Mineral.group
- Pyrophyllite-Talc group
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- aad595
- Mineral.image
- Talc-177589.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 250px
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Tlc
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic or triclinic
- Mineral.class
- Either prismatic (2m) or pinacoidal ()
- Mineral.symmetry
- C2/c or C
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 5.291 Å, b = 9.173 Åc = 5.290 Å; α = 98.68°β = 119.90°, γ = 90.09°; Z = 2 ora = 5.287 Å, b = 9.158 Åc = 18.95 [Å], β = 99.3°; Z = 4
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.EC.05
- Mineral.color
- Light to dark green, brown, white, grey, colorless
- Mineral.habit
- Foliated to fibrous masses, rare as platey to pyramidal crystals
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on {001} basal cleavage
- Mineral.fracture
- Flat surfaces (not cleavage), fracture in an uneven pattern
- Mineral.tenacity
- Sectile
- Mineral.mohs
- 1 (defining mineral)
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- phyllosilicates
- Image
- Talc mutnikSVK01.JPG
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.EC.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.EC.05
- streak color
- white
- Commons category
- Talc
- Mohs' hardness
- 1
- crystal system
- hexagonal crystal system
- density
- 2.75
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Tlc
- different from
- Talk
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/E.04
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Article · Español
El talco es un mineral de la clase 9 (silicatos), según la clasificación de Strunz, de color blanco a gris azul. En la Escala de Mohs se toma como patrón de la menor dureza posible, asignándole convencionalmente el valor 1. Es un compuesto inerte no afectado por el ambiente ni degradado blanco.
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