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IG-C-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type IG-C-1
ware Coarse Wares
certainty of arguments archaeometric: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break dark reddish gray, core: gray, irregular; numerous quartz particles, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR4/2, core: 5YR5/1
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 15%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,12-0,8
inclusions 10%, length: 0,08-0,4
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, angular, spherical, white; clear, 0.08-0,4
reddish inclusions infrequent, angular, spherical, rust coloured
grey inclusions infrequent, angular, spherical, dark grey, 0,12-0,28
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