Site: Buru

Island: Buru


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
tpr202 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 quartzite, tectonite
Buru hybrid 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Maluku
tpr69 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 quartzite, tectonite
Buru metamorphic 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 Maluku

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_18_7 tpr202 (Buru hybrid) Buru 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 quartzite, tectonite
WD_18_2 tpr69 (Buru metamorphic) Buru 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 quartzite, tectonite
WD_18_5 tpr69 (Buru metamorphic) Buru 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 quartzite, tectonite

WD_18_7

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Sherd BX46 from Buru (Buru). Slide WD_18_7 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.

Similar to fluvial buru, but with calcareous beach sand. Metamorphic.


WD_18_2

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Sherd BX13 from Buru (Buru). Slide WD_18_2 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.

Coarse fluvial temper (mica, micaceous quartzite, quartzite, biotite, quartz, garnet) rich in metamorphic detritus.


WD_18_5

BX38 has a full slide scan available (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Coarse fluvial temper (mica, micaceous quartzite, quartzite, biotite, quartz, garnet) rich in metamorphic detritus.


References:

295 summary, East Timor, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)

288 Macapainara, East Timor, 2010 (Dickinson, W.)

232 Buru, Gorom, Maluku, Indonesia, 2004 (Dickinson, W.)