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because it looks like clay and is silver

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Aluminium is sometimes called "silver from clay" because it can be extracted from bauxite, a clay-like rock. The term highlights the transformation of a common material like clay into a valuable metal like aluminium through the extraction process.

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because it looks like clay and is silver

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It is silver and it is like clay.

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