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2 unusual facts about Staffordshire blue brick


Staffordshire blue brick

The brick is made from the local red clay, Etruria marl, which when fired at a high temperature in a low-oxygen reducing atmosphere takes on a deep blue colour and attains a very hard, impervious surface with high crushing strength and low water absorption.

Staffordshire blue brick is a strong type of construction brick, originally made in Staffordshire, England.



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