Zippori

—

Amphora

Israel/Galilee

Byzantine

Transport/Storage

The silt fraction of the marly clay represents ca. 5–8% of the fabric, and is dominated by calcareous material, quartz, and ferruginous nodules/iron oxides. Aplastic components are very fine to medium sand-sized grains and moderately sorted. They are sub-angular to well-rounded in shape, and the larger inclusions (particularly the calcareous material) seem to be more rounded than the fine–very fine sand sized grains. Biomicritic limestone inclusions are dominant, roughly 50% of the total. Bright red inclusions (in PPL and XPL), many of them serpentine, are common. Plagioclase feldspar and quartz grains are common to few. Mica and mica-schist are few.

Rough Cilicia/red clay/red mafics, foraminifera, limestone, igneous rock