Secondary clays

Secondary clays

Clays which have been transported away from their point of geologic origins by wind or water. Finer particle-size gives greater plasticity - ball clays, stoneware clays, fireclays, etc.

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secondary clays

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Clays which have been transported away from their point of geologic origins by wind or water. Finer particle-size gives greater plasticity - ball clays, stoneware clays, ...

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Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

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Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

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Arts & crafts; Ceramics

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Arts & crafts; Ceramics

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Arts & crafts; Ceramics

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dissolution

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Action of a solvent material upon a solid, bringing it into liquid solution. During glaze firing, the point at which the glassy-phase dissolves the sintered structure of the ...

scoring

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross-hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.

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