The fabric ranges from pale brown to green in PPL. It is frequently vitrified, due to high firing temperatures perhaps exceeding 950°C (Ozal 2003: 51-52). Hematite, ferruginous nodules, and red staining of minerals indicate a significant amount of iron in the raw clay used to make this fabric. The clay also contains a significant amount of medium silt-sized mica, which varies between ca. 30-60% of the entire silt fraction, with quartz as the other major component. Calcareous materials like limestone, chalk, and bioclasts are rare to completely absent. Vugh-shaped mesovoids are few, and macrovoids are rare. 

Aplastic inclusions are generally equant and angular to sub-rounded, ranging from very fine to coarse sand-sized grains (typically medium-sized). They include pyroxene, quartz, basalt, chert, and pillow lava. Pyroxene is dominant to predominant, and quartz is frequent. The pyroxene, basalt, and other igneous-derived materials most likely come from the Hamsaros Formation.

The terminology here follows Quinn 2013.

This distinctive fabric is often, though not always, identifiable from macroscopic fabric analysis. It is easily recognized through a few primary characteristics, such as its greenish gray fabric in PPL, which is frequently vitrified due to high firing temperatures, well-documented in the ceramics produced in the coastal region around Sinop (Reynolds 2005; Ozal 2003: 52). This fabric appears pale yellow to white, sometimes referred to as a ‘fish-paste’ color, to the naked eye. Another key aspect of this fabric is the addition of pyroxene temper, probably sourced from the black coastal sands along the Boztepe Peninsula.