terra alba Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment
  2. noun fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather
    pipeclay.
  3. noun a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
    china stone; china clay; kaoline; porcelain clay; kaolin.

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