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Barnack Rag Stone

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Sample: 177

Local Name:	Barnack Rag Stone
Quarry Name:	Hills And Holes, Barnack
Location:	Southampton Lithics collection. Cambridgeshire, Box 1, Tray 2
Comments:	None Recorded

Macroscopic Images:

	Fresh Surface. Close up of surface detail		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 10YR 8/2   Bioclastic Hard Rough Poorly sorted Coarse

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