IKaolin yiminerali engeyoyesinyithi, eluhlobo lwelitye lodongwe nodongwe oluqulunqwe ikakhulu ziiminerali zodongwe zeqela leKaolinite. Ngenxa yembonakalo yayo emhlophe nethambileyo, ikwaziwa njengomhlaba weBaiyun. Ithiywe ngegama leGaoling Village eJingdezhen, kwiPhondo laseJiangxi.

I-kaolin yayo ecocekileyo imhlophe, ithambile kwaye ifana neMollisol, ine-plasticity elungileyo, ukumelana nomlilo kunye nezinye iimpawu zomzimba nezekhemikhali. Ulwakhiwo lwayo lweeminerali luquka ikakhulu iKaolinite, i-halloysite, i-hydromica, i-Illite, iMontmorillonite, i-quartz, i-feldspar kunye nezinye iiminerali. I-Kaolin isetyenziswa kakhulu ekwenzeni iphepha, iiseramikhi, kunye nezinto ezichaseneyo, ilandelwa zizinto zokugquma, izizalisi zerabha, iiglaze ze-enamel, kunye nezinto eziluhlaza zesamente emhlophe. Inani elincinci lisetyenziswa kwiplastiki, ipeyinti, ii-pigment, amavili okugaya, iipensele, izinto zokuthambisa zemihla ngemihla, isepha, izibulali-zinambuzane, amayeza, amalaphu, ipetroli, iikhemikhali, izixhobo zokwakha, ukhuselo lwesizwe, kunye namanye amacandelo emizi-mveliso.

Iiminerali zeKaolin zenziwe yiKaolinite, iDickite, iPearl Stone, iHalloysite kunye nezinye iiminerali zeKaolinite cluster, kwaye eyona minerali iphambili yiKaolinite.

Ifomula yekristale yekhemistri yeKaolinite yi-2SiO2 ● Al2O3 ● 2H2O, kwaye ukwakheka kwayo kwekhemistri yethiyori yi-46.54% SiO2, 39.5% Al2O3, 13.96% H2O. Iiminerali zeKaolin zezesilicate ezifakwe uludwe oluyi-1:1, kwaye ikristale yenziwe kakhulu yi-silica tetrahedron kunye ne-alumina Octahedron. I-silica tetrahedron iqhagamshelwe kwicala elinemilinganiselo emibini ngokwabelana nge-engile ye-vertex ukwenza umaleko wegridi ye-hexagonal, kwaye i-oxygen ephezulu engabiwanga yi-silica tetrahedron nganye ijonge kwelinye icala; Umaleko weyunithi yohlobo lwe-1:1 wenziwe ngumaleko we-silicon oxide tetrahedron kunye nomaleko we-aluminium oxide Octahedron, owabelana nge-oxygen esezantsi yomaleko we-silicon oxide tetrahedron.