talcose
adjective
containing or composed largely of talc.
talcous
-
a variation of
talcose.
Example Sentences
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The soil here was found to be quite like to what had elsewhere been found, and the rocks and stones consisted of granite, moor-stone, and brown talcous clay-stone.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 by Robert Kerr
The rock constituting the cliffs along the shore, where we were encamped, is a talcous rock, or steatite, with brown spar.
From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by John Charles Frémont
