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FILE NAME Talc TALC
DATE 1974
DOC TALC159
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Unpublished Report with Sample Results & Cover Letter to Palmolive
10 December 1974
Dr. J. P. Simko Jr.
Palmolive Company
909 River Road
Piscataway New Jersey 08854
Dear Dr. Simke
Using the electron microscope we have
as Samples A F and S.
analyzed
threseamples
of
tale
identified
Sample contained fibers amphibole which believe to tremolite
Also in sample A there were indications of tale ribbons and tale shards By tale
ribbona we mean thin plates of talo which have greater than three to one axial
some indication an organte ratio and therefore appear just as ribbons appear pla thint flate plates s of
_ tale which are much greaterone dimthae n tn he s seconi d dio mensn ion There
was
of
film present
. sample F wefound large plates of tile In general sample showed larger
. plates of tale than did sampleA. There was also extremely heavy organie film
: but no evidence of tale ribbons or tale fibers These organiecontaminanatrse
of concentration high soluble in isopropanol and bubble up when struck the electron beam It was
extremely difficult analyze thistale because the
of organto
surface grid - material on the
of the
In conclusion then the only asbestiform minerals that we found were in sampleA
_ and were two amphibfoibleers This is rathloewr number when you considtehre
area we lookeadt it However may be indicative of trace amounts of amphiboles
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Dr. J. P. Simko
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in the tale mine Samples F and 8 showed no amphibobultedisd show larger plaotfetas le than Sample A which sample F also showing high amounts of organic contamination Thank you for consulting McCrone Associates If there are any
questions concerning this reporotr the data contained herein please feel free to
contact me
Very truly yours
enclosures
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