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IG-G-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type IG-G-1
ware Glazed Wares
visual excamination of fresh break yellowish brown, granular; some fine to large white, reddish brown and black inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 10YR5/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 10%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,6
inclusions 5%, length: 0,02-2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,04-0,2
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded, spherical, yellowish white, 0,04-0.08
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,04
reddish inclusions frequent, subrounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0,08-0,28
black inclusions infrequent, subrounded, subelongate, brownish black, 0,04-0,3
foraminifera rounded, spherical, white, 0.04
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