A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON CLAYS OE ELORIDA 
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Fig. 48. —Settling vat, Florida China Clay Company, Okahumpka, Lake County. 
Fig. 49.—Settling vat partially filled, Florida China Clay Company, 
Okahumpka, Lake County. 
The following analyses of the sedimentary kaolin indicate its chemi¬ 
cal properties: 
Chemical Analysis of IVashed Clay from Palatlakaha River d 
Silica (Si0 2 ) . 46.11 
Alumina (AI 2 O 3 ) . 39.50 
Ferric Oxide (Fe 203 ) . 0.35 
Magnesia (MgO) . 0.13 
Water (H 2 0) . 13.78 
Sulphur Trioxide. 0.07 
Total ...... 99.94 
1 U. S. Geol. Survey Seventeenth Annual Report. Part III Cont’d, p. 837, 1896. 
