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IG-G-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type IG-G-1
ware Glazed Wares
visual excamination of fresh break brown, granular, hard; some white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR5/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 1-2,5%; void form: chambers; void length: 0,04-0,4
inclusions 2,5%, length: 0,04-0,28
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

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