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| TABLE 8 | |||||||||
| KAOLIN SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, | |||||||||
| BY STATE AND TYPE1 | |||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||
| State: | |||||||||
| Georgia | 7,190 | 825,000 | 6,920 | ##### | |||||
| South Carolina | 287 | 17,700 | 294 | 17,900 | |||||
| Other2 | 326 | 17,100 | 258 | 16,900 | |||||
| Total | 7,800 | 860,000 | 7,470 | ##### | |||||
| Type: | |||||||||
| Airfloat | 1,270 | 81,900 | 1,210 | 82,100 | |||||
| Calcined:3 | |||||||||
| Pigment-grade | 837 | 250,000 | 827 | ##### | |||||
| Refractory-grade | 474 | 14,800 | 442 | 14,000 | |||||
| Total | 1,310 | 265,000 | 1,270 | ##### | |||||
| Delaminated | 1,010 | 4 | 113,000 | 4 | 1,240 | ##### | |||
| Unprocessed | 139 | 2,130 | 141 | 2,380 | |||||
| Water washed | 4,070 | 4 | 398,000 | 4 | 3,610 | ##### | |||
| Grand total | 7,800 | 860,000 | 7,470 | ##### | |||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to | |||||||||
| totals shown. | |||||||||
| 2Includes Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, | |||||||||
| Tennessee, and Texas. | |||||||||
| 3Pigment-grade kaolin is low-temperature calcined kaolin, and refractory- | |||||||||
| grade kaolin is high-temperature calcined kaolin. | |||||||||
| 4Some delaminated kaolin production included under "Water washed."�� | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program