Talc

Speckstein, pseudomorph after bitterspat (dolomite)

Origin: Thiersheim, Winsiedel, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany

Sample size: 2.5 x 4 cm

Talc pseudomorph after enstatite

Origin: Odegaardens Verk, Feset, Bamble, Norway

Sample size: handspecimen

Photo courtesy of:

Diederik Visser

Talc pseudomorph after quartz

Origin: Göpfersgrün, Wunsiedel, Fichtelgebirge, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Sample size: 5 x 3.6 x 3 cm

Talc pseudomorph after quartz

Origin: Specksteingrube, Goepfersgrun, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany

Ex. Richard Hauck collection

Sample size: 6.8 x 6.2 x 3.6 cm (top), 7.0 x 5.5 x 4.9 cm (2nd/bottom row)

Origin: Gerendorf, Oberwald, Canton Wallis, Switzerland

Sample size: 6.7 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Talc pseudomorph after enstatite

Origin: Snarum, Norway

Sample size: 1.3 x 1.3 x 3.3 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Talc pseudomorph after quartz

Origin: Göpfersgrün, Wunsiedel, Fichtelgebirge, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Sample size: 10.8 x 8.2 x 5.3 cm

Photo courtesy of:

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

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