Site: Apalo

Island: Arawe


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. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
tpr194 2 1 1 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic
Arawe placer 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bismarck
tpr463 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
New Britain calcareous 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bismarck
tpr464 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
New Britain opaque 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bismarck

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite 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 Apalo_Arare66_1
Sherd 66-1 from Apalo (Arawe). 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.


WD_41_13

Apalo_Arare66_3 Apalo_Arare66_3
Sherd 66-3 from Apalo (Arawe). Slide WD_41_13 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image 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.


References:

149 New Britain, PNG, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)

174 Adwe, Arawe, New Britain, PNG, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)