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PAN-SOL-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
fabric type PAN-SOL-A-1
fabric previously published as SOL - A - 3
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Palermo/Panormos-Solunto/Solus
certainty of arguments archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour light brown and light red, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) pink 7.5 YR 7/4, light red 7.5 YR 6/8
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04-1.2 (vughy), 1.4 (channel)
inclusions 12.5%, length: <0.04-0.5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, reddish, <0.04-0.2
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.08
calciumcarbonate riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.4
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.5
reddish inclusions very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.5
black inclusions infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.08
foraminifera singular, well rounded, very spherical, white, 0.5
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