Kaolinite Dust can be processed into aluminum in a lenghty process. Aluminum is used for the creation of aircraft.
Making all things petroleum.
Crush ores with Crushing Wheels to get slightly higher yields.
Processing Tungsten and Titanium, used for new late-game utilities.
Distilling brews for their pure potion effects.
A Burner heating up a crucible with Kerosene.
Kyanite is a new late-game material, used to make a new machine.
A new structure. What sort of loot will you find?
Kaolinite is a climate-independent source of kaolinite powder. The ore rarely generates in sedimentary rocks in very small veins around sea level.
Something lurks in the dark...