china clay

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It contains monuments dating back to the Iron Age and is the first location to be mined for china clay by Plymouth chemist William Cookworthy in 1768.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2023

A historic site in Cornwall known for being the birthplace of the china clay industry has been put up for sale.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2023

It is a sentiment that resonates with Allie Watkins, who runs the Spice Merchant and World Food Specialist shop in St Austell, a town at the heart of Cornwall's china clay industry.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2014

In later years he wrote about rugby for the Sunday Telegraph and was employed in the china clay industry for 30 years.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2013

In this way the rotten granite or china stone, used in pottery, originates; and over considerable areas kaolin replaces the felspar and forms valuable sources of china clay.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various