Name: Coarseware 6 | Code: C6 |
Distinguishing features: Sandy, orange - brown colour with black crystalline inclusions |
Colour: Orange - dark red - brown - black. 2.5YR 5/6-8 | Texture: Rough | Strength: Medium |
Hardness: Medium | Resistance: Medium | Fracture: Rough |
Manufacture: Wheel | Firing temperature: Low | Firing atmosphere: Mixed |
Surface treatment: none |
Clay matrix: Poorly elutriated |
Inclusions: |
Type | Size mm. | Colour | Mineral % | Shape | Sorting | Note |
Crystals | <3 | Yellowish transparent | Quartz 20-25 | Angular | Poor | |
Crystals | <2 | Black | Augite 5-20 | Angular | Poor | |
Particles | <3 | Orange | Grog 1 | Sub-round | Poor | |
Grit | <4 | Dark red-brown | ? 1 | Sub-round | Poor | |
Particles | <3 | White | Lime <1 | Sub-angular | Poor |
Notes: A very sandy and orange-brown in colour similar to coarseware 1 but with inclusions of black augite. |