potter's clay


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potter's clay

[′päd·ərz ′klā]
(materials)
A plastic clay, free from iron and devoid of fissility, suitable for modeling or pottery making or adapted for use on a potter's wheel. Also known as argil; pot earth; potter's earth.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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In his text he mentions gypsum (gypsum), mortar (maltha), limestone (calx), lime (calx viva), burnt lime (calx recens), marble (marmor), potter's clay (argilla) and the use of earthen (fictilis) pipes as water ducts.
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Prehistory of clay mineralogy--from ancient times to Agricola

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