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BNAP-C-7

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-C-7
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break light brown, granular
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; chambers; void length: 0,01-1
inclusions 15%, length: 0,01-0,75
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular - subangular, subspherical - elongate, clear, 0,1-0,45
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white; dark, 0,01-0,07
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,01-0,1
reddish inclusions frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,07-0,17
black inclusions frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, black, 0,07-0,35
white inclusions infrequent, angular - rounded, spherical - elongate, white, 0,01-0,25
foraminifera singular, subangular, subspherical, brown, 0,25
more inclusions1 infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, yellowish brown, 0,3-0,75
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