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Ocmulgee Red Clay

Description: HIGH IRON CLAY

Oxide Analysis Formula
CaO 0.37% 0.03
K2O 1.29% 0.06
MgO 0.79% 0.09
Na2O 0.36% 0.03
TiO2 1.20% 0.07
Al2O3 21.80% 1.00
SiO2 53.90% 4.20
Fe2O3 6.40% 0.19
MnO 0.23% 0.02
LOI 13.70%n/a
Oxide Weight 403.98
Formula Weight 468.11

Notes

A sandy, coarse, iron bearing sedimentary clay. Used in brick and pipe manufacture.
No longer available.
Sheffield-pottery.com replaces this with their own Sheffield clay claiming greater dependability.

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Typecodes Clay Other
Clays that are not kaolins, ball clays or bentonites. For example, stoneware clays are mixtures of all of the above plus quartz, feldspar, mica and other minerals. There are also many clays that have high plasticity like bentonite but are much different mineralogically.
Materials Lizella Clay
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