terra_albaEnglish

terra alba, china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline

Noun

A fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar), used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)

English: china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra alba

Fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather

English: pipeclay, terra alba

Finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment

English: terra alba

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