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HIM-C-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type HIM-C-1
fabric previously published as HIM-REG-C-1
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Himera
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break light brown, granular; some large white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR6/3
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 7,5%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-1
inclusions 15%, length: 0,02-1,5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0,06-1
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,03-0,06
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded, subspherical - spherical, white; orange, 0,15-1
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,03-0,2
black iron oxide concretions infrequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0,06-0,15
red iron oxide concretions infrequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0,03-0,06
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