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FILE NAME: RT Vanderbilt (RTV) DATE: 1973 Mar 20 DOC#: RTV175 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Desert Minerals Inc., Memo RE J&J Statement RE Processing of Talc & Letter of Mar 5 to R.P. Carter Research & Development Center March 2 0 , ' 1 9 7 3 E. D. Sm it h - D e s e r t M i n e r a l s JOHNSON & JO IINSOI I S TATEMENM E " PROCESSING OF /S N .C ; .---Your l e t t e r or^Ptefrch 5 t o R, P, Carter In my o p i n i o n , t h e l e t t e r from Jo h n s o n & Jo h n s o n does n o t answer s p e c i f i c a l l y the q u e s t i o n " i s i t p o s s i b l e t o remove a s b e s to s m in e ra ls from t a l c ? " The J& J s ta te m e n t s t a t e s under S e c t i o n 1 , page 1, " th e J& J p r o c e s s f o r b e n e f i c i a t i n g Vermont t a l c , which we b e l i e v e t o be t h e most advanced in t h e f i e l d , w ill not guarantee a zero tolerance for elongated p a r tic le s ". On t h e b a s i s o f t h i s s t a t e m e n t , i t i s c o n c e i v a b l e t h a t t h e J & J p r o c e s s could e l i m i n a t e a l l th e a s b e s t o s m in e r a ls and s t i l l leave elongated ta lc p a rticles. j What we a r e l o o k i n g f o r i s a s t a t e m e n t ' t h a t no known p r o c e s s \ f o r p ro v id in g t a l c w i l l remove a l l o f the a s b e s to s m in e ra ls. The J & J s t a t e m e n t does, n o t g i v e us any s u p p o r t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n . i ' 1 s. SPEIL SS/rs ce E. M. F e n n e r - 4 N orth y ' W. B. R e i t z e - 1 Sou t i r w . C. 3 t r e i b - 3 Sout h H. R. K e e f 2 West N, Scheffel De s e r t ' Minerals" R. S . Lamar R&D C e n t e r CRMC-HT-TALC-0003 99