A process for making acid-activated bleaching earth from a crude attapulgite clay. A crude is selected which is mildly acidic and contains at least about 90% attapulgite. The process involves treating such clay with low levels of activating acid which are mixed with the dried and gro
A process for making acid-activated bleaching earth from certain naturally occurring mixtures of calcium bentonite and attapulgite clay. The process involves treating such clay with low levels of activating acid which are mixed with the dried and ground clay, or spray dried from slurries
