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BNAP-F-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-F-3
ware Fine Wares
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break light reddish brown, granular; few fine dark and very fine white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; vesicular; void length: 0,02-0,5
inclusions 3%, length: 0,01-0,5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,05-0,15
mica frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,15
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0,05-0,3
black inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,02-0,5
foraminifera infrequent, well rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,12-0,3
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