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CAL-A-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAL-A-3
ware Transport Amphorae
visual excamination of fresh break pink, granular; large light red and white inclusions, few dark inclusions, quartz particles, less mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
porosity 3%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,2-2,8
inclusions 15%, length: 0,2-1,6
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz riddled with, rounded, subelongate, white, 0.4-1,6
mica infrequent
black inclusions singular, angular, spherical, black
foraminifera infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,4
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