Site: Karkur

Island: Wammar


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
tpr203 0 0 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, microlitic
Banda pyroxenic-feldspathic 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 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_17_9 tpr203 (Banda pyroxenic-feldspathic) Banda 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic

WD_17_9

Karkur77_3 Karkur77_3
Sherd 77-3 from Karkur (Wammar). Slide WD_17_9 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.

Abundant vitroclastic glass shards of volcanic ash imbedded in the clay paste within temper.


References:

221 Aru, west Irian, Arafura Sea, 2002 (Dickinson, W.)