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PAE-REG-C-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-REG-C-1
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Paestum region
visual excamination of fresh break dark reddish gray to reddish black, irregular fracture, some partly large white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 2.5YR 3/1 - 4/1
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.05-0.6
inclusions 20%, length: 0.025-1.5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0.1-1.5
mica very frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.05
more inclusions1 infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, 0.25-0.75
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