Dispatch: Geology Professors discuss Purity of Clay for Pottery (and toothpaste?)
professors Warren Huff and David Nash were recently quoted in a Columbus Dispatch story about a Brown County mans discovery of a massive, subterranean swath of pure clay on his property. In the story, Huff suggests a rudimentary test of the clays quality: Put it in your mouth and rub it between your teeth. If it has the texture of toothpaste, then you know its a pure clay.
You can read the full story at
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2012/03/11/1-cadillac-of-clay.html
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