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CAL-A-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAL-A-3
ware Transport Amphorae
visual excamination of fresh break very light brown, fine; few white and dark inclusions, a lot of mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 10YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 1%; void form: channel; void length: 0,12-0,2
inclusions 4%, length: 0,04-0,44
sorting bimodal: well sorted sand in well sorted silt
 

Inclusions
quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.2-0,4
mica very frequent, dark, 0.04-0.44
calciumcarbonate infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.04-0.32
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded, subelongate, light red, 0,04-0,2
black inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical, black
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