Industrial clay

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Ball clay is an extremely rare mineral found in very few places around the world. Ball Clay in Beawar, Rajasthan is widely popular among various industrial applications. There are vast deposits of Ball Clay in Beawar, Rajasthan Belt in India. Ball clay is basically sedimentary in origin. Ancient rivers and streams wash kaolinite (formed from decomposed granite) from its parent rock. As the streams flowed from upland area they mixed with other clay minerals before settling in low-lying basins to form overlaying seams of ball clay. 20-80% Kaolinite, 10-25% Mica, 6-65% Quartz. In addition, there are other ‘accessory’ minerals and some carbonaceous material (derived from ancient plants) present. The wide variation both in mineral composition and in the size of the clay particles results in different characteristics for individual clay seams within a deposit.
Refined clay is available in ‘noodled’ and slurried form. Ball clay also sold in a partially dried form, which consist of golf ball size materials that are not powdered. Internationally, deposits of high quality ball clay are much rarer than those of kaolin