Table 2 Petrographic Analysis of Samples from Garden Furniture of the Casa dei Vettii, Pompei
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Sample No. |
Accessory Minerals Quartz K-mica Plagioclase Epidote Grafite |
Opaque Minerals |
Maximum Grain Size |
Shape of sides of calcite crystals |
Structure |
Fabric |
Provenience |
Notes |
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2 |
+ + |
0.88 |
Curved/with gulfs |
HE |
LINEATED |
Penteli |
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3 |
+ - |
2.16 |
Embayed/sutured |
HE |
MORTAR |
Proconnesos |
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6 |
2.00 |
Curved |
HE |
MOSAIC |
Paros 2 |
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8 |
1.36 |
Embayed |
HE |
MOSAIC |
Paros 2 |
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9 |
0.48 |
Sutured |
HE |
MOSAIC STS. INTERLOCKED |
Lesbos |
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11 |
0.50 |
Straight |
HO |
POLYGONAL |
Lunense |
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16 |
1.64 |
Sutured |
HE |
MORTAR |
Thasos Vathy |
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19 |
1.04 |
Sutured |
HE |
MOSAIC SLIGHTLY STRESSED(?) |
Paros 2 |
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23 |
3.55 |
embayed |
HE |
MORTAR SLIGHTLY STRESSED (?) |
Proconnesos |
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