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kaolin
Kaolin (noun) means a fine clay, high in kaolinite, used for example in pottery and paper-making.
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A fine clay, high in kaolinite, used for example in pottery and paper-making.
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Etymology
From French kaolin, François Xavier d'Entrecolles's irregular romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 高嶺土 /高岭土 (gāolǐngtǔ, “Gaoling earth”), from 高嶺 /高岭 (Gāolǐng, “High Ridge”), a village in Fuliang County, Jingdezhen Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, that became Jingdezhen's primary source of this kind of clay during the early to mid-Qing dynasty.
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"kaolin" (noun) means a fine clay, high in kaolinite, used for example in pottery and paper-making.
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