Showing posts with label Red Horse Clay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Horse Clay. Show all posts

Friday, April 22, 2011

Red Horse Clay

Grabbing all the clays and kaolins I can find to push through testing for the soda wash recipe.
This one is Red Horse Clay.


Looks like a heavy layer of iron oxide, a nice metallic sheen.
I'd never heard of it before, but I like what it does.

Red Horse Clay

Chemistry %

CaO0.45
MgO0.62
K2O1.20
Na2O0.30
Al2O322.03
SiO267.59
Fe2O36.62

Volatiles %

LOI1.18
Another analysis show 50% SiO2, 28% Al2O3 and 10% LOI.