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Petunzite

Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection

Petunzite, China-stone, Growan, or Moobstone, names (the first from the Chinese petuntze,.

the others used in Cornwall) for the decomposed granite, free from tourmaline and black mica, to which porcelain owes its "flesh" or translucency.

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