The amount of the particles of ground calcium carbonate is such that the resultant aqueous slurry contains from 60 to 85% by weight of the calcium carbonate particles as a total and the weight proportion of the precipitated calcium carbonate particles to the ground calcium carbonate particles is in the range from 20:80 to 80:20 or, preferably, from 30:70 to 70:30 or, more preferably, from 51:49 to 70:30.