This Milk Chocolate colored stoneware clay is a creamy, delectable hue that adds warmth and charm to your pottery projects. Smooth to the touch and versatile in application, this clay invites you to create with ease, whether sculpting, throwing, or hand-building. 30M Milk Chocolate can be fired to cone 5 to achieve the desired milk chocolatey color or to cone 6 for a slightly darker hue. This clay is manganese free. Cone 5 Shrinkage: 14.36% Absorption: 0.5% Cone 6 Shrinkage: 14.8% Absorption: 0.2% With a firing range between cone 5 to cone 7, AMACO premium mid-range clays offer versatility and durability, perfect for crafting functional pottery and intricate sculptures. Plus, they are MANGANESE-FREE! Unlock your creativity with clay that strikes the ideal balance between workability and strength. No.30 Milk Chocolate is a thixotropic clay meaning the premium chocolate clay bodies can stiffen when left undisturbed but becomes softer, more fluid, and easier to work when agitated, mixed, or handled. When agitated (shocked or wedged): it temporarily becomes softer, more fluid, and easier to work with. These clays are packaged in 20lb boxes with individually wrapped 5lb clay blocks.