a. and sb. [See -OID.]
A. adj. Resembling or having the form of talc.
1891. in Cent. Dict.
B. sb. [a. Ger. talkoid (Naumann, 1859).] A variety of talc: see quot.
1868. Dana, Min., 454. Talcoid is a snow-white, broadly foliated talc of Pressnitz.