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Steatite, grey-green or brown mineral that, in the granular or crystalline form, is the most abundant and massive variety of the mineral talc. French chalk, a granular, soft, white variety of steatite, is used by tailors for drawing lines on cloth. Steatite is also known as soapstone.

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