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BNAP-C-5

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-C-5
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break light reddish brown to reddish yellow, granular; some small tol mid-sized white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/4; core: 5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 7,5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,01-0,6
inclusions 15%, length: 0,01-0,57
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, clear; gray, 0,07-0,32
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,01-0,02
calciumcarbonate infrequent, subangular, subspherical, white, 0,1-0,32
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,01-0,02
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,05-0,57
black inclusions frequent, angular - subrounded, subspherical - elongate, black, 0,1-0,57
foraminifera singular, subrounded, subspherical, white, 0,37
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