Gault clay

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Description

A light colored clay that is high in Calcium. Gault clay is used for Brick and slipware. It vitrifies at about 1100C.

Authority

Robert Fournier, Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery, Chilton Book Company, Radnor, PA, 1992

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