CAL-C-2

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CAL-C-2

CAL-C-2, M 3/58, 25x

CAL-C-2, M 3/58, 16x

CAL-C-2, M 3/58, 8x

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	CAL-C-2
fabric previously published as	GK 5
ware	Coarse Wares
supposed site of production	Calabria
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break	pink, irregular; white, gray and red inclusions, some mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	7.5YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface	irregular
hardness	hard
porosity	7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,4
inclusions	10%, length: 0,2-1,2
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, angular, subelongate, white; clear, 0.28-1,2
mica	frequent
calciumcarbonate	frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.4
reddish inclusions	frequent, rrounded, spherical, red, 0,2-0,8
foraminifera	frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.2-0.4

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