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SOL-A-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type SOL-A-3
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Solunto / Solus
visual excamination of fresh break colour red, texture fine and compact, numerous very small and infrequent small to large inclusions: white, yellowish white, red, mica voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) red 10 R 5/8
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 3%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.4 (vughy), 3.8 (channel)
inclusions 5%, length: <0.04-1.2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, well rounded - rounded, spherical - subspherical, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.12
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.16
calciumcarbonate riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-1.2
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.8
reddish inclusions frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, red, 0.04-1.1
black inclusions infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.3
foraminifera singular, well rounded, subspherical, yellowish white, 0.6
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