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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 strong brown, granular; some white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR5/6
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 2,5%; void form: chambers; void length: 0,04-0,4
inclusions 2,5%, length: 0,04-1
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0,08-0,2
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,02-0,04
calciumcarbonate frequent, well rounded, subspherical, white, 0,08-0,6
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white; orange, 0,04-0,08
black iron oxide concretions frequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0,04-0,3
red iron oxide concretions infrequent, angular, spherical, reddish brown, 0,04-0,2
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