Site: Apalo

Island: Kumbun Lithology: NA ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology and Age: None ( Chorlton (2007) ) Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 2093127 Wikidata ID: Q49649467 Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None

In:

West New Britain Province Wikidata ID: Q667468

Arawe Island Wikidata ID: Q1753444

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Fabrics:

None (0)	Minor (1)	Few (2)	Common (3)	Frequent (4)	Major (5)	Very Dominant (6)
0%	0-5%	5-15%	15-30 %	30-50%	50-70%	70-100%

Name	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Opaques	Olivine	Ig./Met. Rocks	Lithics/ Region
tpr194	2	1	1	4	6	1	2	vitric, microlitic
Arawe placer	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	Bismarck
tpr463	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	na
New Britain calcareous	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	Bismarck
tpr464	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	na
New Britain opaque	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	Bismarck

Slides:

Slide	Fabric	Possible Origin	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
WD_41_11	tpr194 (Arawe placer)	New Britain	1	0	1	4	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	vitric, microlitic
WD_41_13	tpr194 (Arawe placer)	New Britain	2	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	vitric, microlitic

WD_41_11

Apalo_Arare66_1 — Sherd 66-1 from Apalo (Kumbun). Slide WD_41_11 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Moderately to well sorted, fine- to medium-grained, subrounded placer beach sands rich in opaque iron oxide grains of high specific gravity and containing minor admixtures of calcareous reef detritus. Has orthopyroxene in addition to clinopyroxene.