Talc var. Steatite

This small miniature of Steatite, a massive variety of Talc, is from Cook's Kitchen mine, at Pool, west of Redruth in Cornwall, England.  It is accompanied with an old German label; the mineral being named ‘Steinmark’ which translates to ‘stone marrow’.  The specimen is composed of massive creamy white Talc shot through with veinlets and nodules of pinkish brick red Talc.  It is very similar to the variety Lithomarge but does not have the more precise uniformity of banding.