Site: Kai

Island: Kai       Lithology: NA ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology and Age: Cenozoic sedimentary rocks ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 1642143       Wikidata ID: Q685305       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1007601

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Maluku Province Wikidata ID: Q5093

Kai Islands Wikidata ID: Q1323403

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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
tpr71 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
Gorom Kai calcareous 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maluku

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_19_1 tpr71 (Gorom Kai calcareous) Kai 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na

WD_19_1

KaiKecilKD4 KaiKecilKD4
Sherd KaiKecilKD4 from Kai (Kai). Slide WD_19_1 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.

Calcareous.


References:

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