Site: Itbayat

Island: Batanes


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
tpr59 0 0 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, felsitic
Batanes feldspathic 0 0 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 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_14a tpr59 (Batanes feldspathic) 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, vitric
WD_15_14b tpr59 (Batanes feldspathic) 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, vitric

WD_15_14a

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Sherd 52-11-1 from Itbayat (Batanes). Slide WD_15_14a 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.

Feldspathic volcanic sand.


WD_15_14b

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Sherd 52-11-3 from Itbayat (Batanes). Slide WD_15_14b 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.

Feldspathic volcanic sand.


References:

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