talcose
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of talcose
Example Sentences
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The few specimens we obtained of its rocks consisted of the different varieties of talcose formation, with quartz and jasper.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Austin Craig
In all the rocks are talcose and show a sort of conglomerate of quartz pebbles, in some cases water-worn and in others angular, bedded in a mixture of quartz and granite detritus.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Very near the Hato the talcose slate becomes entirely white, and contains small layers of soft and unctuous graphic ampelite.*
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross
They are wholly metamorphic, and consist principally of altered sandstones or quartzites, siliceous, felspathic, or talcose slates, conglomerates, and limestones.
From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Henry Alleyne Nicholson
Immediately at the western base of the Catoctin Mountain, a range of magnesian or talcose slates occur traversing its whole length....
From History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia by James William Head
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