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Keay 78 fabric |
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Visual characteristicsHard fired, reddish, slightly micaceous fabric. |
PetrologySamples from the kiln at Quinto de Alegria is composed of a fairly fine-textured clean clay matrix with noticeable strands of mica, a scatter of ill-sorted quartz grains, some iron-rich clay pellets and iron-oxides. Samples from the kiln site at Pinheiro appear in a slightly coarser fabric containing more frequent strands of mica and grains of quartz. |