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BNAP-F-4

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-F-4
ware Fine Wares
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break llight brown, granular; some fine white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR 6/4, core: 5YR5/6
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0,025-1
inclusions 2,5%, length: 0,025-0,5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, subangular, spherical, clear, 0,08-0,12
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white; dark, 0,02-0,18
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,04-0,4
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,04-0,08
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.04-0.25
black inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,04-0,3
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