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Illustrates: (a) Ternary diagram of Fiori et al. (1989)75 for classification of the ceramic-based clay bodies based on the mineralogical parameters and (b) Triangular diagram of clay-rich materials of Fabbri and Fiori (1985)76 based on the geochemistry data.