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NA-REG-CBM-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type NA-REG-CBM-3
ware Ceramic Building Materials
supposed site of production Naples region
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow; irregular; several big dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) pink, 7.5YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 2.5%; void form: vesicular; void length: 0.025-0.375
inclusions 7.5%, length: 0.25-2.5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, subspherical, clear, 0.025-0.75
mica singular, white, 0.025-0.1
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.175
reddish inclusions frequent, subangular, spherical, reddish brown, 0.025-0.375
black inclusions infrequent, angular, spherical, black, 0.025-0.875
grey inclusions infrequent, angular, elongate, spherical, 0.025-2.5
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