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Would Olivine If Added To A Glaze Produce Green Flakes?


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I have a good supply of olivine, a magnesium iron silicate also known as paridot. The Insight database calls it a refractory that melts around 2800F. Would olivine dust of about 40 mesh when added to a glaze result in green flecks?

 

Does anyone have any experiance with it? If not, I will post my test tile results.

 

Jed

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I'm of the try it school also.

 

However even if the melting point of the PURE material is 2800 F....... remember that yopu will be suspending the mateial in a liquid solution of other oxides that can have a fluxing interaction at the edges of the particles.  All bets are off.

 

best,

 

..................john

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Thanks Marcia and John. I have not found a single article or mention of using this stuff in glazes. There were articles about its use in foundry sands and that is about it. This time I might not be reinventing the wheel. On the other hand, there may be a good reason why it's not mentioned. We will see.

 

Jed

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