Kaolin

A clay rich in the mineral kaolinite, fine-grained and typically white-firing, used as a raw material in ceramic bodies and as a filler and pigment extender.

Also called china clay.

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How it connects

Kaolin is a kind of Clay.

In other taxonomies

KaolinCAS Registry Number, 1332-58-7the same thing
KaolinUniclass, Ma_20_16_45nearly the same
kaolinGetty AAT, 300010445nearly the same
kaolinWikidata, Q908663nearly the same

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Where it sits

One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term

Mineral

Clay1

Kaolin

Record

Also called: china clay
Seen in the wild: kaolinite
Broader: Clay
Provenance: referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); CAS Registry, read 22 Sep 2026

For machines

Permanent address

/id/material/kaolin

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The word, every meaningGET /v1/term/kaolin

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Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.

has-conceptMaterialincoming
has-conceptMaterialincoming
narrowerClayincoming
belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
broaderClayoutgoing

Derived hierarchy views

ancestor (derived)Clayoutgoing
ancestor (derived)Mineraloutgoing

Crosswalks

External mappings and dated negative results for Kaolin
Scheme	Identifier	Their label, or the search	How close
CAS Registry Number	1332-58-7	Kaolin	the same thing
Uniclass	Ma_20_16_45	Kaolin	nearly the same
Getty AAT	300010445	kaolin	nearly the same
Wikidata	Q908663	kaolin	nearly the same