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n. - A fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar).

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  • The processed kaoline is sold to porcelain factories in Durban.
  • "It is the only job - there is no other work," Ntshanyase said as she tossed the kaoline - a claylike substance used to make porcelain - into a canvas bag.
  • Gezephi Ntshanyase kneels in the dirt as she hacks off lumps of kaoline with a primitive hoe, all the while keeping a watchful eye on the crumbling rock face above.
  • Ntshanyase is one of more than 100 women who informally mine kaoline at Ndwedwe, which lies in rolling green hills about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the eastern...
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