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Coarseware 14

Name: Coarseware 14 Code: C14
Distinguishing features: Poorly fired
Colour: Orange brown 10R 6/8 Texture: Rough, powdery Strength: Weak
Hardness: Low Resistance: Low Fracture: Rough
Manufacture: - Firing temperature: Low Firing atmosphere: Mixed
Surface treatment: None
Clay matrix: Poorly elutriated
Inclusions:
Type Size mm. Colour Mineral % Shape Sorting Note
Crystals <1 Transparent Quartz? 1 Angular Poor  
Grit <3 Brown-black ? 5 Sub-round Poor  
Particles <3 White Lime 2 Sub-round Poor  
Voids <10 - Organic - - Poor Grass stems?
Notes:
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