talcose

American  

[tal-kohs, tal-kohs] / ˈtæl koʊs, tælˈkoʊs /

Also talcous

adjective

1. containing or composed largely of talc.

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Etymology

Origin of talcose

First recorded in 1790–1800; talc + -ose ¹

Example Sentences

It is a kind of nephrite or jade, a mineral which usually occurs in talcose or magnesian rocks.

From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh

In contact with the greenstone, there is a bed of talcose limestone, having a curved, slaty structure; most of the beds of dolomite are hard, and pass into chert.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

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 Ross, Thomasina

Microscopically, it consists of minute irregular-shaped particles of a mineral that appears to be the result of a chloritic or talcose alteration of a felspar.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

They are quartz-reefs, occurring in talcose and chloritic schistose rocks, and some of them maintain their direction for many miles.

From Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount