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Talc R050058

Name: Talc
RRUFF ID: R050058
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂
Locality: Murphy, North Carolina, USA
Source: Rock Currier
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Fine-grained massive fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Groups: [ Clay (86) ] [ Talc (7) ]

Quick search: [ All Talc samples (6) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050058.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mg_.994Fe_.006)₃(Si_.996Al_.004)₄O₁₀(OH)₂

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050058

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050058.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050058.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.774(1)Å b: 8.8749(5)Å c: 19.246(1)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 103.77(1)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 792.1(2)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Talc
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Agricola G (1546) Talk, in De Ortu & Causis Subterraneorum Lib. V Froben Basileae 480-480 [view file]
Wallerius J G (1747) in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm [view file]
Bras-de-Fer L (1778) (84) Terre (Élément), in Explication Morale du Jeu de Cartes; Anecdote Curieuse et Interessante Bruxelles 99-100 [view file]
Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398 [view file]
Ishikawa T, Drinker P (1933) Effects of certain silicate dusts on the lungs, The Journal of Industrial Hygiene, 15, 66-78 [view file]
Gruner J W (1934) The crystal structures of talc and pyrophyllite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 88, 412-419 [view file]
Veniale F, Van Der Marel H W (1968) A regular talc-saponite mixed-layer mineral from Ferriere, Nure Valley (Piacenza Province, Italy), Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 17, 237-254
Rayner J H, Brown G (1973) The crystal structure of talc, Clays and Clay Minerals, 21, 103-114 [view file]
Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]
Brindley G W, Bish D L, Wan H M (1977) The nature of kerolite, its relation to talc and stevensite, Mineralogical Magazine, 41, 443-452 [view file]
Veblen D R, Buseck P R, Burnham C W (1977) Asbestiform chain silicates: New minerals and structural groups, Science, 198, 359-365 [view file]
Bish D L, Brindley G W (1978) Deweylites, mixtures of poorly crystalline hydrous serpentine and talc-like minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 75-84 [view file]
Blaha J J, Rosasco G J (1978) Raman microprobe spectra of individual microcrystals and fibers of talc, tremolite, and related silicate minerals, Analytical Chemistry, 50, 892-896 [link]
Veblen D R, Buseck P R (1979) Serpentine minerals: Intergrowth and new combination structures, Science, 206, 1398-1400 [view file]
Alietti A, Mejsner J (1980) Structure of a talc/saponite mixed-layer mineral, Clays and Clay Minerals, 28, 388-390
Perdikatsis B, Burzlaff H (1981) Strukturverfeinerung am talk Mg₃[(OH)₂Si₄O₁₀], Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 177-186 [view file]
Spear F S (1982) Phase equilibria of amphibolites from the post pond volcanics, Mt. cube quadrangle, Vermont, Journal of Petrology, 23, 383-426
Whitney G, Eberl D D (1982) Mineral paragenesis in a talc-water experimental hydrothermal system, American Mineralogist, 67, 944-949 [view file]
Papike J J (1988) Chemistry of the rock-forming silicates: Multiple-chain, sheet, and framework structures, Reviews of Geophysics, 26, 407-444 [view file]
Blount A M (1990) Detection and quantification of asbestos and other trace minerals in powdered industrial-mineral samples, in Process Mineralogy IX The Mineral, Metals & Materials Society, edited by W Petruk, R D Hagni, S Pignolet-Brandom, D M Hausen 557-570 [view file]
Blount A M (1991) Amphibole content of cosmetic and pharmaceutical talcs, Environmental Health Perspectives, 94, 225-230 [view file]
Martin F, Micoud P, Delmotte L, Marichal C, Le Dred R, de Parseval P, Mari A, Fortuné J P, Salvi S, Béziat D, Grauby O, Ferret J (1999) The structural formula of talc from the Trimouns deposit, Pyrenées, France, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 997-1006 [view file]
Ferrage E, Martin F, Petit S, Pejo-Soucaille S, Micoud P, Fourty G, Ferret J, Salvi S, De Parseval P, Fortune J P (2003) Evaluation of talc morphology using FTIR and H/D substitution, Clay Minerals, 38, 141-150 [view file]
Petit S, Martin F, Wiewiora A, Parseval P D, Decarreau A (2004) Crystal-chemistry of talc: A near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy study, American Mineralogist, 89, 319-326 [view file]
Kogure T, Kameda J, Matsui T, Miyawaki R (2006) Stacking structure in disordered talc: Interpretation of its X-ray diffraction pattern by using pattern simulation and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, American Mineralogist, 91, 1363-1370 [view file]
Zhang M, Hui Q, Lou X J, Redfern S A T, Salje E K H, Tarantino S C (2006) Dehydroxylation, proton migration, and structural changes in heated talc: An infrared spectroscopic study, American Mineralogist, 91, 816-825 [view file]
Parry S A, Pawley A R, Jones R L, Clark S M (2007) An infrared spectroscopy study of the OH stretching frequencies of talc and 10-Å phase to 10 GPa, American Mineralogist, 92, 525-531 [view file]
Cuadros J, Dekov V M, Fiore S (2008) Crystal chemistry of the mixed-layer sequence talc-talc-smectite-smectite from submarine hydrothermal vents, American Mineralogist, 93, 1338-1348 [view file]
Tosca N J, Macdonald F A, Strauss J V, Johnston D T, Knoll A H (2011) Sedimentary talc in Neoproterozoic carbonate successions, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 306, 11-22
Drits V A, Guggenheim S, Zviagina B B, Kogure T (2012) Structures of the 2:1 layers of pyrophyllite and talc, Clays and Clay Minerals, 60, 574-587 [view file]
Cuadros J, Michalski J R, Dekov V, Bishop J, Fiore S, Dyar M D (2013) Crystal-chemistry of interstratified Mg/Fe-clay minerals from seafloor hydrothermal sites, Chemical Geology, 360-361, 142-158
McNamee B D, Gunter M E (2013) Compositional analysis and morphological relationships of amphiboles, talc and other minerals found in the talc deposits from the Gouverneur mining district, New York (Part 1 of 2), The Microscope, 61, 147-161
McNamee B D, Gunter M E (2014) Compositional analysis and morphological relationships of amphiboles, talc and other minerals found in the talc deposits from the Gouverneur mining district, New York (Part 2 of 2), The Microscope, 62, 3-13
Rashchenko S V, Likhacheva A Y, Goryainov S V, Krylov A S, Litasov K D (2016) In situ spectroscopic study of water intercalation into talc: New features of 10 Å phase formation, American Mineralogist, 101, 431-436 [view file]
Gunter M E (2022) MSA Presidential Address. MSA at 100 and why optical mineralogy still matters: The optical properties of talc, American Mineralogist, 107, 1-14 [view file]

REFERENCES for Talc

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Agricola G (1546) Talk, in De Ortu & Causis Subterraneorum Lib. V Froben Basileae 480-480 [view file]

Wallerius J G (1747) in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm [view file]

Bras-de-Fer L (1778) (84) Terre (Élément), in Explication Morale du Jeu de Cartes; Anecdote Curieuse et Interessante Bruxelles 99-100 [view file]

Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398 [view file]

Ishikawa T, Drinker P (1933) Effects of certain silicate dusts on the lungs, The Journal of Industrial Hygiene, 15, 66-78 [view file]

Gruner J W (1934) The crystal structures of talc and pyrophyllite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 88, 412-419 [view file]

Veniale F, Van Der Marel H W (1968) A regular talc-saponite mixed-layer mineral from Ferriere, Nure Valley (Piacenza Province, Italy), Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 17, 237-254

Rayner J H, Brown G (1973) The crystal structure of talc, Clays and Clay Minerals, 21, 103-114 [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]

Brindley G W, Bish D L, Wan H M (1977) The nature of kerolite, its relation to talc and stevensite, Mineralogical Magazine, 41, 443-452 [view file]

Veblen D R, Buseck P R, Burnham C W (1977) Asbestiform chain silicates: New minerals and structural groups, Science, 198, 359-365 [view file]

Bish D L, Brindley G W (1978) Deweylites, mixtures of poorly crystalline hydrous serpentine and talc-like minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 75-84 [view file]

Blaha J J, Rosasco G J (1978) Raman microprobe spectra of individual microcrystals and fibers of talc, tremolite, and related silicate minerals, Analytical Chemistry, 50, 892-896 [link]

Veblen D R, Buseck P R (1979) Serpentine minerals: Intergrowth and new combination structures, Science, 206, 1398-1400 [view file]

Alietti A, Mejsner J (1980) Structure of a talc/saponite mixed-layer mineral, Clays and Clay Minerals, 28, 388-390

Perdikatsis B, Burzlaff H (1981) Strukturverfeinerung am talk Mg₃[(OH)₂Si₄O₁₀], Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 177-186 [view file]

Spear F S (1982) Phase equilibria of amphibolites from the post pond volcanics, Mt. cube quadrangle, Vermont, Journal of Petrology, 23, 383-426

Whitney G, Eberl D D (1982) Mineral paragenesis in a talc-water experimental hydrothermal system, American Mineralogist, 67, 944-949 [view file]

Papike J J (1988) Chemistry of the rock-forming silicates: Multiple-chain, sheet, and framework structures, Reviews of Geophysics, 26, 407-444 [view file]

Blount A M (1990) Detection and quantification of asbestos and other trace minerals in powdered industrial-mineral samples, in Process Mineralogy IX The Mineral, Metals & Materials Society, edited by W Petruk, R D Hagni, S Pignolet-Brandom, D M Hausen 557-570 [view file]

Blount A M (1991) Amphibole content of cosmetic and pharmaceutical talcs, Environmental Health Perspectives, 94, 225-230 [view file]

Martin F, Micoud P, Delmotte L, Marichal C, Le Dred R, de Parseval P, Mari A, Fortuné J P, Salvi S, Béziat D, Grauby O, Ferret J (1999) The structural formula of talc from the Trimouns deposit, Pyrenées, France, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 997-1006 [view file]

Ferrage E, Martin F, Petit S, Pejo-Soucaille S, Micoud P, Fourty G, Ferret J, Salvi S, De Parseval P, Fortune J P (2003) Evaluation of talc morphology using FTIR and H/D substitution, Clay Minerals, 38, 141-150 [view file]

Petit S, Martin F, Wiewiora A, Parseval P D, Decarreau A (2004) Crystal-chemistry of talc: A near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy study, American Mineralogist, 89, 319-326 [view file]

Kogure T, Kameda J, Matsui T, Miyawaki R (2006) Stacking structure in disordered talc: Interpretation of its X-ray diffraction pattern by using pattern simulation and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, American Mineralogist, 91, 1363-1370 [view file]

Zhang M, Hui Q, Lou X J, Redfern S A T, Salje E K H, Tarantino S C (2006) Dehydroxylation, proton migration, and structural changes in heated talc: An infrared spectroscopic study, American Mineralogist, 91, 816-825 [view file]

Parry S A, Pawley A R, Jones R L, Clark S M (2007) An infrared spectroscopy study of the OH stretching frequencies of talc and 10-Å phase to 10 GPa, American Mineralogist, 92, 525-531 [view file]

Cuadros J, Dekov V M, Fiore S (2008) Crystal chemistry of the mixed-layer sequence talc-talc-smectite-smectite from submarine hydrothermal vents, American Mineralogist, 93, 1338-1348 [view file]

Tosca N J, Macdonald F A, Strauss J V, Johnston D T, Knoll A H (2011) Sedimentary talc in Neoproterozoic carbonate successions, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 306, 11-22

Drits V A, Guggenheim S, Zviagina B B, Kogure T (2012) Structures of the 2:1 layers of pyrophyllite and talc, Clays and Clay Minerals, 60, 574-587 [view file]

Cuadros J, Michalski J R, Dekov V, Bishop J, Fiore S, Dyar M D (2013) Crystal-chemistry of interstratified Mg/Fe-clay minerals from seafloor hydrothermal sites, Chemical Geology, 360-361, 142-158

McNamee B D, Gunter M E (2013) Compositional analysis and morphological relationships of amphiboles, talc and other minerals found in the talc deposits from the Gouverneur mining district, New York (Part 1 of 2), The Microscope, 61, 147-161

McNamee B D, Gunter M E (2014) Compositional analysis and morphological relationships of amphiboles, talc and other minerals found in the talc deposits from the Gouverneur mining district, New York (Part 2 of 2), The Microscope, 62, 3-13

Rashchenko S V, Likhacheva A Y, Goryainov S V, Krylov A S, Litasov K D (2016) In situ spectroscopic study of water intercalation into talc: New features of 10 Å phase formation, American Mineralogist, 101, 431-436 [view file]

Gunter M E (2022) MSA Presidential Address. MSA at 100 and why optical mineralogy still matters: The optical properties of talc, American Mineralogist, 107, 1-14 [view file]