A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON CLAYS OE FLORIDA 
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in temperature when in use fairly well without excessive losses from 
cracking. 
A mixture of equal parts of the upper white clay and the lower red¬ 
dish clay in this deposit as used by the Campville Brick Company has 
the following physical properties: 
Physical Properties of Campville Brick Company Clay (Lab. No. 0 - 52 ). 
Plasticity, judged by feel. Excellent. 
Water of plasticity. 
Pore water. 
Shrinkage water. 
Linear air shrinkage. 
Volume air shrinkage. 
Modulus of rupture, average. 
27.45% 
2.55% 
24.90% 
11.5 % 
28.3 % 
400.2 pounds per square inch. 
Slaking test 
Fire tests: 
Temperature . 
Linear Shr. 
Absorption. 
24 hours. 
Porosity. 
Color. 
950°C. 
Per Cent. 
0.5 
Per Cent. 
14.69 
Per Cent. 
33.20 
Pink. 
1050 
0.5 
15.81 
33.60 
Light pink. 
1150 
1.0 
13.79 
32.40 
Light brown. 
1190 
1.0 
13.66 
30.20 
Yellowish brown. 
1230 
1.0 
12.40 
29.40 
Yellowish. 
1310 
1.0 
13.28 
30.10 
Yellowish. 
In the northeast part of the county in the region about Waldo and 
Melrose a brown sandy jointed clay is exposed in numerous places. It 
is only suitable for a low grade of common brick. 
A blue-gray jointed clay is exposed in Hatchett Creek at the cross¬ 
ing of the Seaboard Air Line Railway (Cedar Key Division). This 
clay has an excessive air- and fire-shrinkage and cracks slightly in 
firing. It is of little value for fired products, except perhaps a poor 
grade of common brick. Its physical properties are: 
Physical Properties of Hatchett Creek Clay (Lab. No. 0 - 47 ). 
Plasticity, judged by feel. Poor. 
Water of plasticity. 39.30% 
Pore water. 3.08% 
Shrinkage water. 36.22% 
Linear air shrinkage. 15.5 % 
Volume air shrinkage. 44.7 % 
Modulus of rupture, average. 208.3 pounds per square inch. 
Slaking test.„. 2 minutes. 
Steel hard at cone 1. 
Fire tests: 
Temperature. 
Linear Shr. 
Per Cent. 
Absorption. 
Per Cent. 
Porosity. 
Per Cent. 
Color. 
950°C. 
6.5 
8.42 
20.50 
Pink. 
1050 
7.5 
9.57 
21.75 
Light brown. 
1150 
8.5 
6.89 
18.30 
Dark brown. 
1190 
9.5 
1.93 
16.50 
Brown. 
