Petrographic sample: Yusuf 001

Vessel Registration Number:

Shlomo_pending37

al-Mina

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean

Achaemenid Persian

Description

Ophiolitic dark, milky, ss, 7% voids

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al-Mina
Achaemenid Persian

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al-Mina
Achaemenid Persian

Petrographic Sample

Al Mina region /

["Serpentine/OP: 15% 30-550 sa-r, some with circled by voids", " QZ: 5% 30-180 sa-r, some ferrug, some cracked, poly-crys", " CC/LS: 1% 40-220 sa-sr", " Several: chert (radio?) 50-250 sa-sr, olivine 120-250 sa, quartzite? 150-250 sa", " Rare", " feldspar 30-80 sa, mica 30-60 elong."]

near Al Mina, Syria RF1 [FW1(cp)]

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