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What does kaolin mean?

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  1. A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.
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The nearby Jingdezhen potteries used the kaolin to create their fine white porcelain.
The production of ceramics is located in areas where clay with a high percentage of kaolin is available.
In the crude form kaolin has limited uses, however beneficiated kaolin is widely used in the paper industry, in ceramics and in paint.
There are deposits of gold, oil, limestone, phosphates, iron ore, kaolin, and silica sand.
Other talc alternatives include slippery elm bark, kaolin clay and bentonite clay.
They were the first to use kaolin clay for porcelains, so that when thin enough, the walls revealed breathtaking translucency.

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