ʻO ke one kala e pili ana i nā ʻāpana one i hoʻoluʻu ʻia a i ʻole e kū maoli ana i nā kala like ʻole. Hiki ke loaʻa mai nā minelala kūlohelohe a i ʻole hana ʻia me ke ʻano synthetic, kēlā me kēia me nā ʻano a me nā noi like ʻole. Loaʻa pinepine ke one kala kūlohelohe mai nā minelala e like me ka quartz, feldspar, a me ka mica, i ʻeli ʻia ma nā wahi e like me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Kina, Brazil, a me India. Loaʻa i kēia mau minelala nā kala kūlohelohe ma muli o nā mea trace a me nā haumia, mai nā ʻulaʻula mahana o ka hao - quartz waiwai a hiki i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo palupalu o ka chlorite - one i hoʻokomo ʻia.

ʻO ke one kala synthetic, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hana pinepine ʻia ma ka uhi ʻana i ke one silica maʻamau me nā pigments inorganic a organic paha. Pili ke kaʻina hana i kekahi mau ʻanuʻu kikoʻī. ʻO ka mea mua, holoi maikaʻi ʻia ke one maka a kānana ʻia e wehe i nā haumia a loaʻa kahi nui o nā ʻāpana like. A laila, hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻano hana pigmentation holomua, e like me ka hoʻoluʻu ʻana i ka wai, ka uhi ʻana i ka pīpī, a i ʻole ka sintering. ʻO ka sintering, no ka laʻana, hoʻopaʻa i ka pigment i nā ʻāpana one i nā mahana kiʻekiʻe, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka paʻa o ke kala a me ke kūʻē ʻana i ka mae.

ʻO nā waiwai kūikawā o ke one kala e lilo ia i mea nui loa ma nā ʻoihana he nui. I ke kūkulu ʻana, hoʻohana ʻia ia i loko o ka sima hoʻonaninani, terrazzo, a me ka mortar, e hoʻohui ana i nā kala ʻōlinolino a me ka hoʻopiʻi nani i nā hale, nā alanui hele wāwae, a me nā wahi lehulehu. No ka laʻana, ma nā hale hoʻokipa hanohano, hiki i ke one kala - i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka sima ke hana i ka manaʻo o kahi kahakai tropical. I ka hoʻolālā ʻāina, lawelawe ia ma ke ʻano he mulch hopu maka, ʻiliʻili hoʻonaninani no nā alahele, a me kahi medium no ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻolālā māla paʻakikī. ʻO kona kūpaʻa i ka wā a me ka radiation UV e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana e mālama nā mea hoʻonohonoho waho i ko lākou mau kala ʻōlinolino i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa.