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Dressel 30 fabric |
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Visual characteristicsHard grey-buff (10YR 6/2) fabric with prominent angular white inclusions up to 1 mm across and an off-white slip on the outer surface. |
PetrologyThin sectioning shows rounded inclusions (c. 0.3-1.0 mm) of quartz, quartzite, quartz-mica-schist and occasional granite rock fragments, set in a matrix of optically isotropic brown fired clay containing fine quartz and mica. Occasional fossil algae, augite, plagioclase and orthoclase feldspar are present (Peacock, 1977d). |