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Mullite

Very desirable aluminium silicate crystals which form above 1800 degrees F. – greatly adding to the strength of high-fired vitrified claybodies and glazes. In well-formulated high-fired wares, clay-glaze interface is extremely strong partially due to interlocking mullite crystals.

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