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  2. Medicinal clay - Wikipedia

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    For external use, the clay may be added to the bath, or prepared in wet packs or poultices for application to specific parts of the body. Often, warm packs are prepared; the heat opens up the pores of the skin, and helps the interaction of the clay with the body. [notes 4]

  3. The Best Clay Masks Rejuvenate and Refresh Like No Other Skin ...

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    Clay masks are any facial skin care products with clay minerals that naturally remove impurities from your skin, usually after a few minutes as the mask dries on your face. Today's Top Deals Not a ...

  4. Facial mask - Wikipedia

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    Honey is a very popular mask because it smooths skin, and cleans pores. A popular home remedy [2] includes a slice of cucumber on the eyes. [3] Some also use pickle juice. [4] Facial masks should be selected according to skin type. Clay and mud masks suit oily skin; cream-based masks work best on dry skin types. Masks should be used only on ...

  5. Geophagia - Wikipedia

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    [36] [37] [38] It consists of pure clay, without any mixture of ingredients. [36] Bentonite clay is available worldwide as a digestive aid; kaolin is also widely used as a digestive aid and as the base for some medicines. Attapulgite, another type of clay, is an active ingredient in many anti-diarrheal medicines. [26]

  6. Quick clay - Wikipedia

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    The effect leads to a destabilization of the clay aggregates structure. In case of insufficient mechanical compaction of the clay layer, and with a shear stress , the weaker EDL compression by the salts in the quick clay results in clay particle repulsion and leads to their realignment in a structure that is weaker and unstable.

  7. Fuller's earth - Wikipedia

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    Fuller's earth has been used extensively for many years in motion pictures for a variety of applications, spanning from make-up, wardrobe, and set dressing, to special effects. In the area of special effects, it is used in pyrotechnics explosions and dust clouds, because it spreads farther and higher than most natural soils, resulting in a ...

  8. Bentonite - Wikipedia

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    Bentonite layers from an ancient deposit of weathered volcanic ash tuff in Wyoming Gray shale and bentonites (Benton Shale; Colorado Springs, Colorado). Bentonite (/ ˈ b ɛ n t ə n aɪ t / BEN-tə-nyte) [1] [2] is an absorbent swelling clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite (a type of smectite) which can either be Na-montmorillonite or Ca-montmorillonite.

  9. Clay mineral - Wikipedia

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    Clay minerals are hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates (e.g. kaolin, Al 2 Si 2 O 5 4), sometimes with variable amounts of iron, magnesium, alkali metals, alkaline earths, and other cations found on or near some planetary surfaces. Clay minerals form in the presence of water [1] and have been important to life, and many theories of abiogenesis ...