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Fauld Alabaster

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Sample Details and Images

Sample: 112

Local Name:	Fauld Alabaster
Quarry Name:	Fauld Mine, Hanbury, Staffordshire
Location:	Southampton Lithics collection. Staffordshire, Box 1, Tray 1.
Comments:	None Recorded

Macroscopic Images:

	Fresh Surface. Close up of surface detail
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Photomicrographs:

	Crossed Polars.		Plane Polarised Light.
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Physical Characteristics:

Fresh Primary Colour Secondary Colour Primary Munsell Code Secondary Munsell Code Surface Appearance Hardness Feel Grain Sorting Grain Size Cream / Buff None 5YR 8/1   Crystalline Hard Smooth Well Sorted Fine

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