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IG-C-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type IG-C-3
ware Coarse Wares
visual excamination of fresh break pink, granular; numerous fine white and black iclusions, some large white particles, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,12
inclusions 15%, length: 0,08-0,6
sorting well sorted sand in different compositions
 

Inclusions

quartz riddled with, rounded, spherical, clear; white, 0.08-0,6
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical, red, 0,12
black inclusions riddled with, rounded, spherical, black
foraminifera riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,08
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