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Formula:
Mg
 
3
Si
 
4
O
 
10
(OH)
 
2
A variety of Talc

A massive variety of Talc with a greasy feeling, often used for ornamental carvings.

Classification of Steatite

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Chemical Properties of Steatite

Formula:
Mg
 
3
Si
 
4
O
 
10
(OH)
 
2
Essential elements:H, Mg, O, Si
All elements listed in formula:H, Mg, O, Si

Other Names for Steatite

Synonyms:
PotstoneSpeckstein (of Cronstedt)SpeckstenSpeckstoneTalc (Steatite)
Topfstein
Other Languages:
Finnish:vuolukivi
French:Stéatite
German:Speckstein
Steatit
Italian:Steatite
Latvian:Steatīts
Norwegian (Bokmål):Kleberstein
Portuguese:Esteatite
Spanish:Steatita
Swedish:Täljsten

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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    • Localities for Steatite

    The map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.
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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Austria
     
    • Carinthia
      • Karawanken Mts
        • Feistritz im Rosental
    • Lower Austria
      • Industrieviertel
        • Gloggnitz
          • Eichberg
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    • Salzburg
      • Hohe Tauern Mts
        • Fusch valley
          • Brennkogel Mt. area
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    Bhutan
     
    Neil Fraser, Anima Bhattacharya, Bimalendu Bhattachary (2001) Geography of a Himalayan kingdom: Bhutan
    Brazil
     
    • Minas Gerais
      • Iron Quadrangle
    		www.cprm.gov.br/ingles/bens/ifer0101.html.
    Canada
     
    • Québec
      • Chaudière-Appalaches
        • Les Appalaches RCM
          • East Broughton
    		Voyage au coeur des Appalaches, Serge Gaudard
    Czech Republic
     
    • Moravia (Mähren; Maehren)
      • South Moravia Region
        • Letovice (Lettowitz)
          • Olešnice
    		Pelíšek J.: Některé nové minerály v krystalických vápencích moravika. Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii, 1979, 24, 4, 435-346.
    Finland
     
    • Eastern Finland Province
    		Eberhard Riech collection
    Germany
     
    • Bavaria
      • Franconia
        • Fichtelgebirge
          • Marktredwitz
            • Iron mines
    		Stefan Koch Collection
          • Wunsiedel
            • Göpfersgrün
    		F. Müller: "Bayerns steinreiche Ecke", 2nd. ed. (1984), pp. 49-59
        • Münchberg Metamorphic complex
          • Schwarzenbach an der Saale
    		F. Müller: "Bayerns steinreiche Ecke", 2nd ed., Oberfränkische Verlagsanstalt (Hof), 1984
          • Wirsberg
    		F. Müller: "Bayerns steinreiche Ecke", 2nd ed., Oberfränkische Verlagsanstalt (Hof), 1984
    • Hesse
      • Großalmerode
        • Hundelshausen
    		Dreizler, I. (1962): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 8, 323-338.
    Germany & Czech Republic
     
    • Saxony & Ústí Region (Bohemia; Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Erzgebirge; Krusné Hory Mts
    		Lapis 17(2), 31-35 (1992)
    Italy
     
    • Emilia-Romagna
      • Reggio Emilia Province
        • Canossa
    		I minerali delle ofioliti: Rossena e Campotrera - Rivista Mineralogica Italiana n.4 / 2003, Milano - Omar Bartoli, Danilo Bersani, Enroico Borghi & Maurizio Scacchetti.
    • Lombardy
      • Sondrio Province
        • Malenco Valley
          • Lanterna Valley
            • Lanzada
    		Bedogné, F. (2006). Xonotlite della Val Lanterna, Valmalenco (SO). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 30 (4), 254-255.
    • Piedmont
      • Torino Province
        • Canavese District
          • Chiusella Valley
            • Traversella
    		Gruppo Mineralogico Lombardo, (10), 1-54.
    • Sardinia
      • Cagliari Province
    		De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol
    • Trentino-Alto Adige
      • Trento Province
        • Fassa Valley
          • Monzoni Mts
    		De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
    De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
    De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
    De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol.
    Exel, R. (1987): Guida mineralogica del Trentino e del Sudtirolo. Athesia, Bolzano, 204 pp.
    • Tuscany
      • Pisa Province
        • Montecatini Val di Cecina
    		Terenzi A. (1988) - La miniera cuprifera di Montecatini in Val di Cecina (PI) - Rivista Minetralogica Italiana, Milano, fasc. 1, pp.19-26
    Madagascar
     
    • Antananarivo Province
      • Vakinankaratra Region
        • Betafo District
    		Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique Madagascar. A 1871
    Norway
     
    • Telemark
      • Bamble (Bamle)
    		Knut Edvard Larsen collection
    Russia
     
    • Urals Region
      • Middle Urals
        • Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast'
          • Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk)
    		P.M. Kartashov data
    UK
     
    • England
      • Cornwall
        • Camborne - Redruth - St Day District
          • Illogan
            • Carn Brea and Tincroft United Mine
    		Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
        • Lizard Peninsula
          • Landewednack
    		Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
          • Mawgan-in-Meneage
    		Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
          • Mullion
    		Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
    A.K. Hamilton Jenkin: Annotations to Ordnance Survey Map, Sheet 84NW.
    Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
    No reference listed
          • St Keverne
    		Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
            • Coverack
    		Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
            • Porthoustock
    		Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
        • Mount's Bay District
          • Breage
            • Carleen
    		Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
        • St Austell District
          • St Austell Bay
            • Duporth
    		Henwood, W.J. (1843): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 5, 1-386.
        • St Just District
          • St Just
            • Botallack
    		Carne, J. (1822): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 2, 290-358; Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
            • Carnyorth
    		Carne, J. (1822): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 2, 290-358
            • Pendeen
    		Carne, J. (1822): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 2, 49-128; Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
      • Derbyshire
    		Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993) The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13:16-55
    USA
     
    • California
      • El Dorado Co.
    		Logan, Clarence August (1926), El Dorado, Shasta and Trinity Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 22: 45; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 416.
        • Webber Creek
    		Browne, J.R. (1869), Report of J. Ross Browne on the mineral resources of the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains (US Treasury Dept.), 674 pp., H.H. Bancroft and Co., San Francisco [reprint of 2]; Logan, Clarence August (1926), El Dorado, Shasta and Trinity Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 22: 45.
      • Inyo Co.
        • Inyo Mts (Inyo Range)
          • Talc City District
    		Wright, L.A. (1948) White Eagle talc deposit, an example of steatization of granite. (abstract) Geological Society of America Bulletin: 58: 1385; Norman, L.A. & Richard M. Stewart (1951), Mines and mineral resources of Inyo County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 47(1): 114; Page, Benjamin Markham (1951), Talc deposits of steatite grade, Inyo County, California: California Division Mines, Special Report 8, 35 pp.: 32-35; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 418.
            • Independence
    		Wright, L.A. (1948) White Eagle talc deposit, an example of steatization of granite. (abstract) Geological Society of America Bulletin: 58: 1385; Norman, L.A. & Richard M. Stewart (1951), Mines and mineral resources of Inyo County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 47(1): 114; Page, Benjamin Markham (1951), Talc deposits of steatite grade, Inyo County, California: California Division Mines, Special Report 8, 35 pp.: 32-35; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 418.
    Wright, L.A. (1948) White Eagle talc deposit, an example of steatization of granite. (abstract) Geological Society of America Bulletin: 58: 1385; Norman, L.A. & Richard M. Stewart (1951), Mines and mineral resources of Inyo County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 47(1): 114; Page, Benjamin Markham (1951), Talc deposits of steatite grade, Inyo County, California: California Division Mines, Special Report 8, 35 pp.: 32-35; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 418.
    Norman, L.A. & Richard M. Stewart (1951), Mines and mineral resources of Inyo County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 47(1): 114-117, 119-121; Page, Benjamin Markham (1951), Talc deposits of steatite grade, Inyo County, California: California Division Mines, Special Report 8, 35 pp.: 13-22, 29-30; Hall, Wayne Everett & E.M. Mackevett (1958), Economic geology of the Darwin quadrangle, Inyo County, California: Calif Division of Mines Special Report 51, 77 pp.: 67-72; Hall, Wayne Everett & Edward M. Mackevett (1963), Geology and ore deposits of the Darwin quadrangle, Inyo County, California: USGS PP 368: 80; Wright, L.A. (1966) Talc and soapstone. California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 191: 414-420.
      • Los Angeles Co.
        • Mint Canyon [town]
          • Mint Canyon
            • Head of Mint Canyon
    		Sharp, W.E. (1959) Minerals from Los Angeles County, California. Printed privately, Los Angeles, California: 54; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 396.
      • San Diego Co.
        • Ramona District
          • Ramona
    		Kunz, G. F. 1905. Gems, jeweler's materials, and ornamental stones of California. California State Mining Bureau bulletin 37: pages 140-142.
    • Maine
      • Knox Co.
        • Warren
    		Morrill & Hinckley, 1959. Maine Mines & Minerals, Vol. 2
    • Massachusetts
      • Berkshire Co.
    		Gleba, 1978. Mass. Mineral & Fossil Localities
    Gleba, 1978. Mass. Mineral & Fossil Localities
    Gleba, 1978. Mass. Mineral & Fossil Localities
    Gleba, 1978. Mass. Mineral & Fossil Localities
      • Essex Co.
        • Andover
    		Gleba, 1978. Mass. Mineral Loc.
        • Lynnfield
      • Hampshire Co.
    		Gleba, 1978. Mass. Mineral & Fossil Localities
      • Middlesex Co.
        • Groton
    		Gleba, 1978. Massachusetts Mineral & Fossil Localities
      • Worcester Co.
    		Gleba, 1978. Massachusetts Mineral & Fossil Localities
        • Shrewsbury
    		Emerson, 1917. Geology of Mass. & Rhode Island, p.85
    • Michigan
      • Marquette Co.
    		Mineralogy of Michigan (2004) Heinrich & Robinson
    • New Hampshire
      • Hillsborough Co.
        • Francestown
    		http://99.1911encyclopedia.org/T/TA/TALC.htm.
    • New Mexico
      • Grant Co.
    		Northrop, Minerals of New Mexico, 3rd Rev. Ed., 1996
      • San Miguel Co.
        • Rociada District
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
    • New York
      • Orange Co.
        • Town of Warwick
    		The Minerals of New York City & Its Environs, New York Mineralogical Club Bull. Vol. 3, No. 1, Manchester, J.G. (1931): 96.
      • Putnam Co.
        • Southeast Township
          • Tilly Foster
    		Januzzi (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut & Southeastern New York State
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery Co.
        • Lower Merion Township
          • Lafayette
    		Dana 6: 1069.
      • Philadelphia Co.
        • Lafayette
    		Mineralogy of Pennsylvania-1922; Samuel S. Gordon, pg. 221-222
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence Co.
        • Cranston
          • Oaklawn
    		Miller, 1972. Minerals of Rhode Island.
        • Johnston
    		AmMin 11:334-340
        • Providence
          • Dyerville
    		AmMin 11:334-340
    • Vermont
      • Orange Co.
    		Morrill & Chaffee, 1957. VT Mines & Mineral Localities
      • Washington Co.
    		Dana 4:479 (1854)
      • Windham Co.
        • Townshend
    		Rocks & Min 71:333
    Robinson, S. 1825: A Catalogue of American Minerals, with Their Localities
      • Windsor Co.
        • Weathersfield
    		Nicolay & Stone (1967), Rocks & Minerals: A Guide For Collectors of the Eastern US, p.181
    • Virginia
    		Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
      • Fairfax Co.
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
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