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porcelain clay

British  

noun

  1. another name for kaolin

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One afternoon, she bought a bag of porcelain clay and set to work.

From New York Times

All have been hand cut from porcelain clay, glazed and painted with gold.

From Washington Times

The principal French fireclays are derived from the Tertiary strata in the south, and more nearly resemble porcelain clays than those of the Coal Measures.

From Project Gutenberg

The minerals worked include copper, quicksilver, manganese, cobalt, porcelain clay, alabaster, graphite.

From Project Gutenberg

The porcelain clays and kaolins contain about half their weight of this earth, to which they owe their most valuable properties.

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