porcelain clay
Britishnoun
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A rough mantelpiece teemed with small bright objets d’art made of plaster, porcelain, clay, and milk glass.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
There were also silver, copper, nickel, and a fine quality of kaolin or porcelain clay.
From A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences by Haviland, Laura S.
As Father Dryden would say, 'this is the porcelain clay of humankind.'
From What Answer? by Dickinson, Anna E.
Ka-o-lin is the name given by the Chinese to their porcelain clay, and pe-tun-tse to the other ingredient in their China ware.
From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus
The purest clay found in nature is porcelain clay, or kaolin, which results from the decomposition of a rock composed of feldspar and quartz, and it is almost always mixed with quartz.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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