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Talc

Rare locality

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Description
Locality: 
Nuba Mountains, North Kordofan, Sudan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Part of a nodule of pure massive light salmon colored talc from a rare locality.

Found by Dr. Klaus Busch, BGR-Hannover in 1983 during a trip in Sudan.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Talc

Formula: 
Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
1.0
Streak: 
White
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