Cyprus/Eastern coast
Late Cypriot
Dining/Drinking/Serving
The fabric is yellowish/green (PPL), silty,
foraminiferous with some iron oxides and glauconite. The silt (~10%) is composed
mainly of calcareous fragments, mica and minerals derived from igneous rocks.
The foraminifera in the matrix is rarely preserved, in some cases its chambers
are filled or surrounded by iron oxides. The inclusions are well sorted and
composed of mainly sub rounded feldspathoids (~15% up to 100μm), some
carbonates, basalts and basaltic minerals.
In the cases that the fabric was fired low temperatures, the fabric
yellowish in PPL, optically active, with all its calcareous components intact.
Cyprus/ East coast / East coast
Basaltic minerals, mica, iron oxides and calcareous inclusions
Alluvial sediment
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Calcareous silty fabric
