Firing temperature
To cater for the kilns is one of the fundamental factors to use dolomite, Medium and low temperature dolomite can be mature below 1200.c, which is the temperature Jianwen's kilns can reach.

Combination of white body and glaze
Artificial colors also can be added to clay besides some natural colors of its own. For example, metal oxide or colored clay in nature can be adopted. This addition gives clay warm color, but it also will affect the combination with glaze color. white dolomite is selected to yield the truest glaze color.

Texture and feeling
Texture is the material feeling of clay. Dolomite will shrink from any material that is not sticky and has bubble formation. The green ware will dry more evenly if choosing dolomite. And texture, therefore, will be delicate.