SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 FORM S-8
                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                        THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                        MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                           25-1190717
(State or other jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)            Identification No.)

     The Chrysler Building
     405 Lexington Avenue
     New York, New York                      10174-1901
     (Address of Principal                   (Zip Code)
       Executive Offices)


                       Minerals Technologies Inc.
                        Stock and Incentive Plan
                        (Full title of the Plan)


                         S. Garrett Gray, Esq.
                       Minerals Technologies Inc.
                         The Chrysler Building
                         405 Lexington Avenue
                        New York, New York 10174-1901
                  (Name and address of agent for service)

                             (212) 878-1800
     (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)





                    Calculation of Registration Fee

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<CAPTION>

                              Proposed    Proposed
Title of                      maximum     maximum
Securities     Amount         offering    aggregate    Amount of
to be          to be          price per   offering     registration
registered     registered1    share1      price2       fee
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Common Stock,
$.10 par
value,
including
associated
preferred
stock
purchase
rights         1,500,000      $36.625     $54,937,500  $16,206.56
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<FN>
1    The number of shares of common stock registered herein is subject
to adjustment to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.

2    The amount of the registration fee has been calculated on the
basis of the aggregate offering price for the maximum amount of the
registrant's securities (other than Plan interests) covered by
this Registration Statement.  Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the
proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share is based upon
the average of the high and low prices for Minerals Technologies
Inc. Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
Composite Tape on August 31, 1998.

</FN>
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

     On May 28, 1998, pursuant to a vote of the shareholders of
Minerals Technologies Inc. (the "Company") ratifying an earlier
resolution of the Board of Directors, the Company's Stock and
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") was amended to provide for grants of an
additional 1,500,000 incentive and nonqualified stock options, and to
make certain other changes.  In addition, on August 28, 1998, the
Board of Directors approved a change to Section 4 of the Plan,
delegating to the Company's Corporate Management Committee authority
to grant up to 20,000 stock options (but not more than 1,500 to any
one person) per calendar year to Company employees other than
corporate officers.  This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being
filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of
registering the increase in the number of securities available to be
offered under the Plan.

     The contents of Registration Statement No. 33-65268, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 1993, are hereby
incorporated by reference.


                              SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State
of New York, on the 28th day of August, 1998.

                                   MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
                                   By:/s/ Jean-Paul Valles
                                        Jean-Paul Valles
                                        Chairman and Chief
                                        Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature                  Title

/s/ Jean-Paul Valles       Chairman of the Board   August 28, 1998
Jean-Paul Valles           and Chief Executive
                           officer (principal
                           executive officer)
                           and Director

/s/ John R. Stack          Vice President-Finance  August 28, 1998
John R. Stack              and Chief Financial
                           Officer (principal
                           financial officer)

/s/ Michael A. Cipolla     Controller              August 28, 1998
Michael A. Cipolla         (principal accounting
                           officer)

/s/ John B. Curcio         Director                August 28, 1998
John B. Curcio

<PAGE>

/s/ Steven J. Golub        Director                August 28, 1998
Steven J. Golub

/s/ William L. Lurie       Director                August 28, 1998
William L. Lurie

/s/ Paul M. Meister        Director                August 28, 1998
Paul M. Meister

/s/ Michael F. Pasquale    Director                August 28, 1998
Michael F. Pasquale

/s/ William C. Steere, Jr. Director                August 28, 1998
William C. Steere, Jr.


<PAGE>
                             EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

4.1  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
     (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
     Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 declared
     effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on
     October 23, 1992 (Registration No. 33-51292) (the "1992
     Registration Statement")).

4.2  Restated By-Laws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference
     to Exhibit 3.2 of the 1992 Registration Statement).

4.3  Certificate of Designations authorizing issuance and establishing
     designations, preferences and rights of Series A Junior Preferred
     Stock of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
     1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated October 26,
     1992).

4.4  Minerals Technologies Inc. Stock and Incentive Plan, as amended
     and restated as of August 28, 1998.

5    Opinion of S. Garrett Gray, General Counsel of the Company.

15   Accountants' Acknowledgment and Consent.

23.1 Consent of S. Garrett Gray (included in Exhibit 5).

23.2 Consent of Independent Auditors (included in Exhibit 5).
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 FORM S-8
                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                        THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                        MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                           25-1190717
(State or other jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)            Identification No.)

     The Chrysler Building
     405 Lexington Avenue
     New York, New York                      10174-1901
     (Address of Principal                   (Zip Code)
       Executive Offices)

                       Minerals Technologies Inc.
                        Stock and Incentive Plan
                        (Full title of the Plan)

                         S. Garrett Gray, Esq.
                       Minerals Technologies Inc.
                         The Chrysler Building
                         405 Lexington Avenue
                        New York, New York 10174-1901
                  (Name and address of agent for service)

                             (212) 878-1800
     (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                    Calculation of Registration Fee
Proposed    Proposed
Title of                      maximum     maximum
Securities     Amount         offering    aggregate    Amount of
to be          to be          price per   offering     registration
registered     registered1    share1      price2       fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,
$.10 par
value,
including
associated
preferred
stock
purchase
rights         1,500,000      $36.625     $54,937,500  $16,206.56
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1    The number of shares of common stock registered herein is subject
to adjustment to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.

2    The amount of the registration fee has been calculated on the
basis of the aggregate offering price for the maximum amount of the
registrant's securities (other than Plan interests) covered by
this Registration Statement.  Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the
proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share is based upon
the average of the high and low prices for Minerals Technologies
Inc. Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
Composite Tape on August 31, 1998.
On May 28, 1998, pursuant to a vote of the shareholders of
Minerals Technologies Inc. (the "Company") ratifying an earlier
resolution of the Board of Directors, the Company's Stock and
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") was amended to provide for grants of an
additional 1,500,000 incentive and nonqualified stock options, and to
make certain other changes.  In addition, on August 28, 1998, the
Board of Directors approved a change to Section 4 of the Plan,
delegating to the Company's Corporate Management Committee authority
to grant up to 20,000 stock options (but not more than 1,500 to any
one person) per calendar year to Company employees other than
corporate officers.  This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being
filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of
registering the increase in the number of securities available to be
offered under the Plan.

     The contents of Registration Statement No. 33-65268, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 1993, are hereby
incorporated by reference.

                              SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State
of New York, on the 28th day of August, 1998.

                                   MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
                                   By:/s/ Jean-Paul Valles
                                        Jean-Paul Valles
                                        Chairman and Chief
                                        Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature                  Title

/s/ Jean-Paul Valles       Chairman of the Board   August 28, 1998
Jean-Paul Valles           and Chief Executive
                           officer (principal
                           executive officer)
                           and Director

/s/ John R. Stack          Vice President-Finance  August 28, 1998
John R. Stack              and Chief Financial
                           Officer (principal
                           financial officer)

/s/ Michael A. Cipolla     Controller              August 28, 1998
Michael A. Cipolla         (principal accounting
                           officer)

/s/ John B. Curcio         Director                August 28, 1998
John B. Curcio
/s/ Steven J. Golub        Director                August 28, 1998
Steven J. Golub

/s/ William L. Lurie       Director                August 28, 1998
William L. Lurie

/s/ Paul M. Meister        Director                August 28, 1998
Paul M. Meister

/s/ Michael F. Pasquale    Director                August 28, 1998
Michael F. Pasquale

/s/ William C. Steere, Jr. Director                August 28, 1998
William C. Steere, Jr.
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

4.1  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
     (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
     Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 declared
     effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on
     October 23, 1992 (Registration No. 33-51292) (the "1992
     Registration Statement")).

4.2  Restated By-Laws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference
     to Exhibit 3.2 of the 1992 Registration Statement).

4.3  Certificate of Designations authorizing issuance and establishing
     designations, preferences and rights of Series A Junior Preferred
     Stock of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
     1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated October 26,
     1992).

4.4  Minerals Technologies Inc. Stock and Incentive Plan, as amended
     and restated as of August 28, 1998.

5    Opinion of S. Garrett Gray, General Counsel of the Company.

15   Accountants' Acknowledgment and Consent.

23.1 Consent of S. Garrett Gray (included in Exhibit 5).

23.2 Consent of Independent Auditors (included in Exhibit 5).