Q: Is clay a finely-grained natural rock or soil material that combines one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is clay also often used in the manufacture of pipes for smoking tobacco? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is clay used to create adobe? ¶
A: Yes, and cob, cordwood, and rammed earth structures and building elements such as wattle and daub, clay plaster, clay render case, clay floors and clay paints and ceramic building material.
Q: Is clay a unique type of marine clay indigenous to the glaciated terrains of Norway? ¶
A: Yes, and Canada, Northern Ireland, and Sweden.
Q: Is clay one of the oldest building materials on Earth? ¶
A: Yes, and among other ancient, naturally-occurring geologic materials such as stone and organic materials like wood.
Q: Are clays distinguished from other fine-grained soils by differences in size and mineralogy? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is clay also used in many industrial processes? ¶
A: Yes, such as paper making, cement production, and chemical filtering.
Q: Are clays plastic due to their water content and become hard? ¶
A: Yes, and brittle and non–plastic upon drying or firing.
Q: Was clay used as a mortar in brick chimneys and stone walls where protected from water? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Was clay widely used as a mold binder in the manufacture of sand castings? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is clay used for making pottery? ¶
A: Yes, and both utilitarian and decorative, and construction products, such as bricks, wall and floor tiles.
Q: Are clays clays that have been transported from their original location by water erosion and deposited in a new sedimentary deposit? ¶
A: Yes.