Egypt/Delta/Lower Egypt
5th Dynasty
Transport/Storage
Colour PPL: red
Colour XPL: red
Frequency of Inclusions (estimated): 10%
Sorting: good
Size Range: very fine to medium
Shape Range: subangular to rounded
Main Inclusions: quartz, micritic limestone, foraminifera (some with calcite infilling or iron infilling), iron oxides
Additional Inclusions Present: chert, dolomite, calcite, geode quartz, chalcedony, opaques, polycrystalline quartz, sandstone frag., pyroxene, anhydrite/gypsum
Comments: mostly calcareous clay likely with natural inclusions; probably fired close 800°C
Coastal Lebanon /
quartz, micritic limestone, foraminifera (some with calcite infilling or iron infilling), iron oxides, chert, dolomite, calcite, geode quartz, chalcedony, opaques, polycrystalline quartz, sandstone frag., pyroxene, anhydrite/gypsum
Upper and Lower Cretaceous
P202
mostly calcareous clay
