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In the summer of 1708, the quest for making hard-paste porcelain from Saxonian clay and other mineral resources succeeded. This was achieved by applying as its essential ingredient newly discovered pure kaolin from Heidelsberg near Aue, western Saxon Ore Mountains. With this white-firing clay, the German polymath, early proponent of the Enlightenment, and gifted inventor Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651–1708) developed the successful paste composition of calcareous white porcelain. In this contribution, the various minerals involved in making calcareous and later feldspathic porcelain of Meissen fame are characterized, and their origins, compositions, and properties are explained. In addition, historical paste compositions and the chemical and thermodynamic underpinnings of the formation of porcelain will be discussed.
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Archaeometry is an international research journal covering the application of the physical and biological sciences to archaeology, anthropology and art history. Topics covered include dating methods, artifact studies, mathematical methods, remote sensing techniques, conservation science, environmental reconstruction, biological anthropology and archaeological theory. Papers are expected to have a clear archaeological, anthropological or art historical context, be of the highest scientific standards, and to present data of international relevance.
The journal is published on behalf of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, in association with Gesellschaft für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, ARCHAEOMETRIE, the Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS), and Associazione Italian di Archeometria.
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