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IG-C-5

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type IG-C-5
ware Coarse Wares
visual excamination of fresh break light red, granular; fine white inclusions, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 2.5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,4
inclusions 15%, length: 0,08-0,4
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.2
mica frequent
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical, red, 0,12-0,4
black inclusions frequent, rounded, subelongate, black
foraminifera infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,24
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