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Your question needs to be more specific for us to answer, for instance is the clay wet or dry, are you talking about geological formations of clay or a lump of potters clay.

If you apply hand pressure to a lump of potters clay and the clay is wet it will squeeze (deform) between your fingers. If the clay is dry it will be too firm to deform by hand but if placed in a vice it will crack.......etc.

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