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Fine Creamware fabric

Name: Fine Creamware Code: EF 8
Distinguishing features: Colour and fineness
Colour: Greenish or pinkish cream 7.5YR 7/4 Texture: Smooth, powdery Strength: Low
Hardness: High Resistance: Low Fracture: Finely irregular
Manufacture: Wheel Firing temperature: Medium Firing atmosphere: Mixed
Surface treatment: Self-same slip, some red paint
Clay matrix: Well elutriated
Inclusions:
Type Size mm. Colour Mineral % Shape Sorting Note
Crystal <0.5 Transparent Quartz <1% Angular Poor  
Particles <0.5 Orange Grog? <1% Sub-round Good  
Particles <0.5 Black ? <1% Sub-round Good  
Voids <0.25 - - <1% - -  
Notes:
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