Clay Eating | New Georgia Encyclopedia
The ingestion of kaolin, also known as "white dirt," "chalk," or "white clay," is a type of pica (eating of nonfood substances). Found in the central Piedmont section of Georgia, vast deposits of kaolin are mined around Sandersville, in the area between Macon and is a naturally deposited clay used in the manufacture of ceramics as well as in coatings for paper and textiles.