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                        duporthite
                    
                    
                    
                        cipolin
                    
                    
                    
                        magnesium
                    
                    
                    
                        talcosis
                    
                    
                    
                        talcum
                    
                    
                    
                        kerolite
                    
                    
                    
                        magnesium silicate
                    
                    
                    
                        antiblocker
                    
                    
                    
                        talcum powder
                    
                    
                    
                        steatite
                    
                    
                    
                        french white
                    
                    
                    
                        foliated
                    
                    
                    
                        talcs
                    
                    
                    
                        talcy
                    
                    
                    
                        soapstone
                    
                    
                    
                        talcite
                    
                    
                    
                        talcose
                    
                    
                    
                        pyrophyllite
                    
                    
                    
                        protogine
                    
                    
                    
                        rensselaerite
                    
                    
                    
                        face powder
                    
                    
                    
                        minnesotaite
                    
                    
                    
                        whiteschist
                    
                    
                    
                        baby powder
                    
                    
                    
                        powder
                    
                                        
                
                                    
                                                
            Definitions:
Noun
                                                
                        
                            talc
                        
                                                
                        
                            talcum
                        
                                                
                                                    
                
                    
                    Definition: a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
Definition: Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.