Mud
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Mud is loam, silt, or clay mixed with water. Mud is usually formed after rainfall or near water sources. Ancient mud deposits hardened over geological time to form sedimentary rock such as shale or mu
A pair of muddy Wellington boots
Gamo mud volcano in Tokamachi, Japan
Mud-plastered home in Pakistan
The Arg-e Bam citadel in Iran, the largest adobe building in the world
Clay
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Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals. Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impurities, such as
Mud
…Mud (from Middle Low German mudde, mod(de) 'thick mud', or Middle Dutch) is loam, silt, or clay mixed with water. Mud is usually formed after rainfall or near water sources. Ancient mud deposits hardened over geological time to form sedimentary…
Boulder clay cliff south of Withernsea, England
A 23,500 times magnified electron micrograph of smectite clay
Italian and African-American clay miners in mine shaft, 1910
Clay layers in a construction site in Auckland, New Zealand. Dry clay is normally much more stable than sand in excavations.