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CAMP-A-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAMP-A-2
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Campania
visual excamination of fresh break pink, irregular, riddled with fine to large white inclusions, some large dark brown particles, sporadic very large reddish brown inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR7/3
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.75
inclusions 7.5%, length: 0.025-1
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz frequent, subrounded, subspherical, clear; clear, 0.025-0.25
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.125
calciumcarbonate very frequent, rounded, subelongate - subspherical, white; yellow, 0.025-0.5
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, subelongate - subspherical, white; yellow, 0.025-0.25
reddish inclusions frequent, subrounded, subspherical, reddish brown; rust colored, 0.025-1
black inclusions infrequent, angular - subangular, subspherical, black, 0.05-1
more inclusions1 very frequent, rounded, ubelongate - subspherical, white; yellow, 0.025-0.5
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