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HIM-C-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
fabric type HIM-C-2
fabric previously published as HIM-REG-C-1
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Himera
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break pink, core: light brown
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR6/4, exterior: 7.5YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-0,75
inclusions 7,5%, length: 0,02-0,5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,2-0,24
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,03-0,06
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, yellowish white, 0,06-1
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,03-0,15
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