Royal Ontario Museum Polarised-Light Microscopy Laboratory

Voids - Plant material

  • Voids are distinct from pores in having held an inclusion (other than gas) prior to firing
  • Voids can be form by vegetable fibre which has been burned out
  • Vegetable fibres often include chaff, chopped straw, or dung, and tend to be thin and elongate, with longitudinal striations
Plant voids - Plane polarised light - Nineveh - Iraq
Plant voids - Plane polarised light - Nineveh - Iraq
  Plant voids - Plane polarised light - Nineveh - Iraq
Plant voids - Plane polarised light - Nineveh - Iraq

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