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Creation Date
7-4-2016
Description
FULLERS EARTH (Text On Old Marker) Fullers Earth, a clay used for bleaching petroleum oil, has been refined near here since 1907. The name is derived from its earlier use of fulling or cleaning the grease from wool. Georgia has led the production of Fullers Earth since 1924. CHEMICAL PROPERTIES Fullers Earth is any nonplastic clay or claylike earthy material that can be used to filter animal, mineral, and vegetable oils. It is composed mainly of alumina, silica, iron oxides, lime, magnesia, and water, in extremely variable proportions.
Latitude, Longitude
30 deg 44' 55.08", 84 deg 29' 9.23"
Recommended Citation
Taylor,, George Lansing Jr., "Fullers Earth Marker Attapulgus, GA" (2016). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 7597.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/7597
