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CAL-G-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAL-G-3
ware Glazed Wares
supposed site of production Calabria
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break pink, granular; micacious
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR8/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0,04-0,5
inclusions 5%, length: 0,02-0,3
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,08-0,16
mica very frequent, angular, spherical, White; dark, 0,02-0,16
black inclusions infrequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,04-0,06
brown inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rusty brown, 0,08-0,16
foraminifera infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,04-0,08
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