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HIM-C-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type HIM-C-2
fabric previously published as HIM-REG-C-4
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Himera
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow, granular
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR7/4, core: 7.5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-1
inclusions 5%, length: 0,02-0,5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0,2-0,3
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,03-0,04
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded, subelongate, white, 0,09-0,6
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,03-0,09
red iron oxide concretions infrequent, rounded, subspherical, reddish brown, 0,09
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