Inkcazo:
I-Kaolin yiminerali engeyoyesinyithi, ilitye lodongwe nodongwe elilawulwa yiminerali yodongwe lwe-kaolinite. Ngenxa yokuba imhlophe kwaye ithambile,
ikwabizwa ngokuba yidolomite. I-kaolin yayo ecocekileyo imhlophe, ithambile kwaye ithambile, ineempawu ezintle zomzimba nezekhemikhali ezifana ne-plasticity
kunye nokumelana nomlilo. Ulwakhiwo lwayo lweeminerali lwenziwe ikakhulu yi-kaolinite, i-halloysite, i-hydromica, i-illite, i-montmorillonite kunye
i-quartz, i-feldspar kunye nezinye iiminerali.
I-Kaolin isetyenziswa kakhulu kwiphepha, kwi-ceramic nakwizinto ezichasene ne-refractory, okwesibini kwi-coating, kwi-raber fillers, kwi-enamel glazes nakwi-white
izinto zesamente, kwaye ngobuninzi obuncinci kwiiplastiki, iipeyinti, ii-pigment, amavili okugaya, iipensile, izinto zokuthambisa zasekhaya, iisepha,
Amacandelo emizi-mveliso afana nezibulali-zinambuzane, amayeza, amalaphu, ipetroliyam, iikhemikhali, izixhobo zokwakha, kunye nokhuselo lwesizwe.