PEPP Thin Section 200

Identification:

African Sigillata 2.2 Fabric - African Sigillata 2.2 Form 1 Ostia I Fig. 16 dish

Description :

Inactive matrix with common quartz, very rare mica, rare calcareous bodies, very few voids

Basic Information

Specimen:

PEPP 6963

Class:

African Sigillata 2.2

Form:

African Sigillata 2.2 Form 1

Fabric:

African Sigillata 2.2 Fabric

Analysis

Phase Ratio

Percent Matrix:

Percent Inclusions:

Percent Voids:

Matrix

Optical Activity:

inactive

Inclusions

General Description:

Fairly well-sorted quartz grains in silt to fine sand range dominant, with grains in fine sand range tending to be somewhat more angular.

Characterization:

Type:

quartz

Abundance:

common

Condition:

angular

subangular

subrounded

Size:

silt

very fine sand

fine sand

Type:

calcareous bodies

Abundance:

rare

Condition:

subrounded

rounded

Size:

fine sand

Type:

mica

Abundance:

very rare

Condition:

needle

Size:

very fine sand

Voids

Shape:

vesicle

vugh

Abundance:

very few

Size:

meso

Photomicrographs

Thin Section Photomicrographs:

Preparation and Documentation

Fabrication of Thin Section:

Prepared by Quality Thin Sections, 2006.

Analysis of Thin Section:

Analyzed by J. Theodore Peña, 2/2017.

Photography of Thin Section:

Photographed by J. Theodore Peña, 2/2017.

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