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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
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break light reddish brown, granular; some fine to mid-sized, singular large white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 15%; void form: vughy; chambers; void length: 0,01-0,85
inclusions 12,5%, length: 0,01-0,65
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, clear; gray, 0,05-0,65
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,01-0,02
calciumcarbonate singular, subrounded, elongate, white, 1,1
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,02-0,07
reddish inclusions infrequent, subangular - rounded, spherical - subelongate, reddish brown, 0,07-0,37
black inclusions infrequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, black, 0,05-0,55
foraminifera singular, rounded, subspherical, white, 0,4
more inclusions1 infrequent, angular, spherical - subelongate, black, glassy, 0,15-0,4
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