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Vert Moyen Custer feldspar    17 G-200 feldspar    17 Kona F-4 feldspar    17 Nepheline syenite    17 Whiting    20 Silica    12 Total  100  Bentonite      5 Rutile             5 R&B Scale     1 R&B Scale comes from where steel billets are stored before they are hot-milled  to become bars, concrete rods,.wires, etc. It was 45-mesh sieved, hence the specks at high concentrations. It is probably mainly made up of Iron Oxides. Chemical Composition of the Base Na2O  0.20    Al2O3  0.42    SiO2  2.94 K2O  0.16                             TiO2  0.18 MgO  0.01                             Fe2O3  0.01 CaO  0.63                              Alumina:Silica ratio is  1.00:7.07 Neutral:Acid ratio is    1.00:7.51 Alk:Neut:Acid ratio is 1.00:0.42:3.12 Expansion: 87.9 x 10e-7 per degree C --------------------------- Vert Moyen Picoté Custer feldspar     17 G-200 feldspar     17 Kona F-4 feldspar