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EXHIBIT
23.1
Consent of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board
of Directors
Minerals
Technologies Inc.:
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos.
333-160002, 33-59080, 333-62739, and 333-138245) on Form S-8 of Minerals
Technologies Inc. of our reports dated February 25, 2010, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009, and the
related financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, which reports appear in the
December 31, 2009 annual report on Form 10-K of Minerals Technologies
Inc.
/s/ KPMG
LLP
New York,
New York
February
25, 2010