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IG-G-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type IG-G-1
ware Glazed Wares
certainty of arguments archaeometric: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break brown, granular; some large red and black inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR5/3
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 1%; void form: chambers; void length: 0,04-0,2
inclusions 2,5%, length: 0,04-3
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,2
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white; orange, 0,04-0,08
black iron oxide concretions frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,04-0,12
red iron oxide concretions infrequent, angular, spherical, reddish brown, 0,04-0,4
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