china stone

china stone

n 1. (Geological Science) a type of kaolinized granitic rock containing unaltered plagioclase 2. (Geological Science) any of certain limestones having a very fine grain and smooth texture

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china stone - 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 clay, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra albaKaopectate - trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollientart paper - a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay)clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired