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HIM-C-2

HIM-C-2, M 111/5, 25x
HIM-C-2, M 111/5, 16x
HIM-C-2, M 111/5, 8x
fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type HIM-C-2
fabric previously published as HIM-REG-C-4
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Himera
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow, core: pinkish gray; some fine white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5 YR6/6, core: 5YR6/2
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness very hard
porosity 10%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 4-15
inclusions 10%, length: 0,02-0,5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,06-0,24
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,04-0,09
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white; orange, 0,06-0,24
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,04-0,24
black iron oxide concretions infrequent, rounded, spherical, brownish black, 0,03-0,2
red iron oxide concretions infrequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0,06-0,09
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