Site: Gorom

Island: Gorom


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
tpr80 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 quartzite, tectonite
Gorom-Seram quartzose 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 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_9 tpr80 (Gorom-Seram quartzose) Gorom 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 quartzite, tectonite

WD_18_9

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Sherd KATA from Gorom (Gorom). Slide WD_18_9 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.

Quartzose sand temper.


References:

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