These are publications from the Research & Development Laboratories of Specialty Minerals Inc. (SMI) that discuss the talc and calcium carbonate minerals manufactured by SMI, and their analysis.

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Minerals:

Talc / Pyrophyllite 2005 
Tomaino, G.; June 2003 - Mining Engineering

 
Mineral Analysis:

Mineral definitions and analyses: a key aspect to mineral research 
Tomaino, G.;  February, 2003 - Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

Learn more:

• SMI publications for other applications
  
  
• About Specialty Minerals
  
  
• Specialty applications of SMI products
• SMI precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) for paper
  
  
• Minerals from Specialty Minerals Inc. - A series of minerals introductory web pages