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HIM-C-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type HIM-C-2
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 reddish brown, granular, numerous fine white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR5/3
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 10%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-1
inclusions 10%, length: 2-0,75
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,15-0,6
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,03
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded, spherical, yellowish white; white, 0,15-0,3
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,03-0,15
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