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BORY1 - Bory 1 Crystalline Glaze
- Celestite Crystalline Glaze
FAAO - Fa's All-Opaque Crystalline Glaze
FAC5 - Crystal Number Five Glaze
FO - Octal Crystalline Glaze
G1214M - 20x5 Cone 6 Base Glossy Glaze
G1214W - Cone 6 Transparent Base
G1214Z1 - Cone 6 Silky CaO matte base glaze
G1215U - Low Expansion Glossy Clear Cone 6
G1216L - Transparent for Cone 6 Porcelains
G1216M - Cone 6 Ultraclear Glaze for Porcelains
G1916Q - Low Fire Highly-Expansion-Adjustable Transparent
G1947U - Cone 10 Glossy transparent glaze
G2000 - LA Matte Cone 6 Matte White
G2240 - Cone 10R Classic Spodumene Matte
G2571A - Cone 10 Silky Dolomite Matte glaze
G2826R - Floating Blue Cone 5-6 Original Glaze Recipe
G2826X - Randy's Red Cone 5
g2851H - Ravenscrag Cone 6 High Calcium Matte Blue
G2853B - Cone 04 Clear Ravenscrag School Glaze
G2896 - Ravenscrag Plum Red Cone 6
G2902B - Cone 6 Crystal Glaze
G2902D - Cone 6 Crystalline Development Project
G2916F - Cone 6 Stoneware/Whiteware transparent glaze
G2926B - Cone 6 Whiteware/Porcelain transparent glaze
G2926J - Low Expansion G2926B
G2928C - Ravenscrag Silky Matte for Cone 6
G2931H - Ulexite High Expansion Zero3 Clear Glaze
G2931K - Low Fire Fritted Zero3 Transparent Glaze
G2931L - Low Expansion Low-Fire Clear
G2934 - Matte Glaze Base for Cone 6
G2934Y - Cone 6 Magnesia Matte Low LOI Version
G3806C - Cone 6 Clear Fluid-Melt transparent glaze
G3838A - Low Expansion Transparent for P300 Porcelain
G3879 - Cone 04 Transparent Low-Expansion transparent glaze
GA10-A - Alberta Slip Base Cone 10R
GA10-B - Alberta Slip Tenmoku Cone 10R
GA10-D - Alberta Slip Black Cone 10R
GA10x-A - Alberta Slip Base for cone 10 oxidation
GA6-A - Alberta Slip Cone 6 transparent honey glaze
GA6-B - Alberta Slip Cone 6 transparent honey glaze
GA6-C - Alberta Slip Floating Blue Cone 6
GA6-D - Alberta Slip Glossy Brown Cone 6
GA6-F - Alberta Slip Cone 6 Oatmeal
GA6-G - Alberta Slip Lithium Brown Cone 6
GA6-G1 - Alberta Slip Lithium Brown Cone 6 Low Expansion
GA6-H - Alberta Slip Cone 6 Black
GBCG - Generic Base Crystalline Glaze
GC106 - GC106 Base Crystalline Glaze
GR10-A - Pure Ravenscrag Slip
GR10-B - Ravenscrag Cone 10R Gloss Base
GR10-C - Ravenscrag Cone 10R Silky Talc Matte
GR10-E - Alberta Slip:Ravenscrag Cone 10R Celadon
GR10-G - Ravenscrag Cone 10 Oxidation Variegated White
GR10-J - Ravenscrag Cone 10R Dolomite Matte
GR10-J1 - Ravenscrag Cone 10R Bamboo Matte
GR10-K1 - Ravenscrag Cone 10R Tenmoku
GR10-L - Ravenscrag Iron Crystal
GR6-A - Ravenscrag Cone 6 Clear Glossy Base
GR6-B - Ravenscrag Cone 6 Variegated Light Glossy Blue
GR6-C - Ravenscrag Cone 6 White Glossy
GR6-D - Ravenscrag Cone 6 Glossy Black
GR6-E - Ravenscrag Cone 6 Raspberry Glossy
GR6-H - Ravenscrag Cone 6 Oatmeal Matte
GR6-L - Ravenscrag Cone 6 Transparent Burgundy
GR6-M - Ravenscrag Cone 6 Floating Blue
GR6-N - Ravenscrag Alberta Brilliant Cone 6 Celadon
GRNTCG - GRANITE Crystalline Glaze
L2000 - 25 Porcelain
L3341B - Alberta Slip Iron Crystal Cone 10R
L3685U - Cone 03 White Engobe Recipe
L3724F - Cone 03 Terra Cotta Stoneware
L3924C - Zero3 Porcelain Experimental
L3954B - Cone 6 Engobe (for M340)
L3954N - Cone 10R Base White Engobe Recipe for stonewares
MGBase1 - High Calcium Semimatte 1 (Mastering Glazes)
MGBase2 - High Calcium Semimatte 2 (Mastering Glazes)
MGBase3 - General Purpose Glossy Base 1 (Mastering Glazes)
MGBase4 - Glossy Base 2 Cone 6 (Mastering Glazes)
MGBase5 - Glossy Clear Liner Cone 6 (Mastering Glazes)
MGBase6 - Zinc Semimatte Glossy Base Cone 6
MGBase7 - Raspberry Cone 6 (Mastering Glazes)
MGBase8 - Waxwing Brown Cone 6 (Mastering Glazes)
MGBase9 - Waterfall Brown Cone 6 (Mastering Glazes)
TNF2CG - Tin Foil II Crystalline Glaze
VESUCG - Vesuvius Crystalline Glaze

CELECG - Celestite Crystalline Glaze

Modified: 2022-10-13 21:48:49

Cone 9-10 - Spodumene, talc variant

Material Amount
Ferro Frit 311050.00
Zinc Oxide25.00
Silica15.00
Spodumene5.00
Talc4.00
Titanium Dioxide1.00
100.00

Notes

From Crystal Glazes Book 2 by Fara Shimbo, page 63.

Maturing Cone: 9-10
Crystal number: Plenty! Can rapidly fill a tile.
Rate Of Growth: 1-1.5 cm diameter per hour, tiles or vessels.
Crystal Color: Pale aquamarine, reminiscent of Michigan Celestite crystals.
Crystal Shape: Cigar-shaped normally; not much variation with temperature.
Ground Color: Colorless transparent on both tiles and vessels.
Crazing: Minimal on vessels; more on tiles.
Color Response: Works well with all colors. Brings out red in manganese; copper comes out a true cyan. Iron and Vanadium often pale.
Seeding properties: Okay.

More information in Crystal Glazes book 1 page 138 and book 2 on page 63. Much more background information in other sections of the books.

Related Information

Celestite crystal glaze


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Freshly made Celestite Base applied to Jiki porcelain and fired to Δ10. Soaked for one hour beginning at 300° C F below peak, rising to 200° below peak, then falling over two further hours to 300° below peak.

Celestite crystal glaze


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Freshly made Celestite base with 4% copper carbonate added. Crystals are often more blue than the ground. Fired to Δ10.

Links

Firing Schedules Shimbo Crystal Celestite Schedule
Five-step schedule by Fara Shimbo
Typecodes Crystalline Glaze Recipes Fara Shimbo
These are from Fara's Crystal Glazes books 1 and 2. Most are the frit 3110, zinc, silica base recipe (50:25:25) with small material additions at the expense of silica.
Recipes GBCG - Generic Base Crystalline Glaze
Cone 6-10 - Almost all other Frit 3110 recipes are based on additions to this

Mechanisms

Glaze ColorWhen Celestite crystalline glaze is used immediately, crystals are often a pale aquamarine even when no actual colorant is added. Copper in small amounts is influenced toward turquoise or cyan.

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