Site: Dimolit

Island: Luzon


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
tpr57 0 1 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 vitric, microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, chert
Luzon tectonic highland 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 Philippines

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_15_1c tpr57 (Luzon tectonic highland) 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 vitric, microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, chert
WD_15_1b tpr57 (Luzon tectonic highland) 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 vitric, microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, chert
WD_15_1a tpr57 (Luzon tectonic highland) 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 vitric, microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, chert
WD_15_2a tpr57 (Luzon tectonic highland) 0 1 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 vitric, microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, chert
WD_15_2b tpr57 (Luzon tectonic highland) 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 vitric, microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, chert

WD_15_1c

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Sherd 52-1-3 from Dimolit (Luzon). Slide WD_15_1c 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.

Heterogeneous sands of the tectonic highland temper class with red-brown vitric lithic fragments of mafic volcanic glass, iron oxides opaques, clinopyroxene and olivine mineral grains,chert and argillite lithic fragments with recrystallized ghosts of ovoid radiolarian tests visible in selected instances, microlitic lithic fragments derived from the groundmass of volcanic rocks.


WD_15_1b

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Sherd 52-1-2 from Dimolit (Luzon). Slide WD_15_1b 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.

Heterogeneous sands of the tectonic highland temper class with red-brown vitric lithic fragments of mafic volcanic glass, iron oxides opaques, clinopyroxene and olivine mineral grains,chert and argillite lithic fragments with recrystallized ghosts of ovoid radiolarian tests visible in selected instances, microlitic lithic fragments derived from the groundmass of volcanic rocks.


WD_15_1a

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Sherd 52-1-1 from Dimolit (Luzon). Slide WD_15_1a 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.

Heterogeneous sands of the tectonic highland temper class with red-brown vitric lithic fragments of mafic volcanic glass, iron oxides opaques, clinopyroxene and olivine mineral grains,chert and argillite lithic fragments with recrystallized ghosts of ovoid radiolarian tests visible in selected instances, microlitic lithic fragments derived from the groundmass of volcanic rocks.


WD_15_2a

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Sherd 52-2-1 from Dimolit (Luzon). Slide WD_15_2a 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.

Heterogeneous sands of the tectonic highland temper class with red-brown vitric lithic fragments of mafic volcanic glass, iron oxides opaques, clinopyroxene and olivine mineral grains,chert and argillite lithic fragments with recrystallized ghosts of ovoid radiolarian tests visible in selected instances, microlitic lithic fragments derived from the groundmass of volcanic rocks.


WD_15_2b

Dimolit_52_2_2 Dimolit_52_2_2
Sherd 52-2-2 from Dimolit (Luzon). Slide WD_15_2b 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.

Heterogeneous sands of the tectonic highland temper class with red-brown vitric lithic fragments of mafic volcanic glass, iron oxides opaques, clinopyroxene and olivine mineral grains,chert and argillite lithic fragments with recrystallized ghosts of ovoid radiolarian tests visible in selected instances, microlitic lithic fragments derived from the groundmass of volcanic rocks.


References:

254 Luzon, Batan, Taiwan, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)