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CAL-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAL-A-1
ware Transport Amphorae
visual excamination of fresh break very light brown, fine; some large quartz particles, some large gray inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 10YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness soft
porosity 3%; void form: channel; void length: 0,2
inclusions 10%, length: 0,2-0,6
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, subelongate, white, 0.6
mica infrequent
reddish inclusions singular, angular, spherical, dark red, 0,4
black inclusions infrequent, angular, spherical, black
foraminifera frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,4
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