kaolin

raw materials, minerals, geology

A white clay derived by the decompositon of feldspar; a key component in porcelain manufacture.

Kaolin was also known as China clay owing to its use in Chinese porcelain, or pipe clay due to its use in the manufacture of tobacco pipes.

Traveljournal 1814

In Wedgwood’s Etruria Works, 1 September 1814

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: kaolin. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8568, viewed on 7 June 2025.