kaolin
noun
a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.
kaolinic
-
a word derived from
kaolin.
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These characteristics of the country rock, however, are likely to be masked at the outcrop by later weathering, which superposes a kaolinic or clayey alteration.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
