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HIM-C-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
fabric type HIM-C-2
fabric previously published as HIM-REG-C-4
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Himera
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break pink, core: reddish yellow, granular
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR7/4, core: 7.5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 7,5%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-1
inclusions 10%, length: 0,2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,3
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,03-0,04
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, subelongate, yellowish white, 0,06-0,24
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical - subelongate, white, 0,03-0,5
black iron oxide concretions infrequent, rounded, spherical, brownish black, 0,03-0,06
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