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Pascual 1 red fabric |
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CommentsEquivalent to: CAT AM of the National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (Tomber & Dore, 1998: 91) |
Visual characteristicsHard, rough fabric, dark red to reddish-brown (10R 4/4 to 4/6) in colour with large (1 mm) white inclusions of quartz and feldspar, and with fragments of granite and some golden mica. |
PetrologyThin sectioning shows that the principal inclusions of this fabric are frequent discrete grains of quartz and feldspar (plagioclase and much potash), with fragments of granite and some flecks of mica (Peacock & Williams, 1986: Class 6). |
Pascual 1 white fabric |
Visual characteristicsSlightly softer, smoother fabric than the Pascual 1 red fabric, creamy-white (between 7.5YR 8/2 and 7/4), lacking the noticeable mica but containing the quartz and feldspar present in the Pascual 1 red fabric. |
PetrologyThis fabric displays a similar range of inclusions to the Pascual 1 red fabric but is slightly finer-textured (Peacock & Williams, 1986: Class 6). |