| fabric type |
HIM-OD-1
|
| fabric previously published as |
HIM-REG - OD - 2 |
| ware |
Opus Doliare |
| supposed site of production |
Himera |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, irregular; some large to very large yellowish white inclusions, some mid-sized dark particles |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR6/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: channel; vughy |
| inclusions |
20%, length: 0,02-2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0,06-0,6 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,03 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,03-2 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,03-0,24 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, brownish black, 0,03-0,06 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
frequent, rounded, subelongate, reddish brown, 0,06-0,3 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, angular, subspherical, light red, 1-2 |
|
grey inclusions |
infrequent, subangular, subspherical, light grey, 2 |
representative sample for HIM-OD-1 
production
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