Site: Lamotrek

Island: Lamotrek       Lithology: Reef island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology and Age: None ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 2082017       Wikidata ID: Q1779228       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1006049

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Federated States of Micronesia Wikidata ID: Q702

Yap Wikidata ID: Q11342951

Caroline Islands Wikidata ID: Q118350

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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
tpr41 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 chert
Palau-Yap quartzose grog 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Carolines
tpr43 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 metavolcanic
Yap hybrid metavolcanic 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Carolines

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_10_1 tpr41 (Palau-Yap quartzose grog) Palau 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 na
WD_10_3 tpr41 (Palau-Yap quartzose grog) Palau 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 na
WD_10_4 tpr41 (Palau-Yap quartzose grog) Palau 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 na
WD_10_2 tpr43 (Yap hybrid metavolcanic) Yap 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_10_5 tpr43 (Yap hybrid metavolcanic) Yap 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 metavolcanic

WD_10_1

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Sherd 12 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_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.

Palau origin.


WD_10_3

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Sherd 5 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_3 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.

Broken-sherd aggregate temper sand. Palau origin.


WD_10_4

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Sherd 44-2 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_4 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.

Palau origin.


WD_10_2

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Sherd 14 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_2 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.

Moderately sorted, subrounded shoreline temper sand. Yap origin.


WD_10_5

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Sherd 11-33236 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_5 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.

Probably 44_1.


References:

069 Central Caroline 1977 (Dickinson, W.)

064 Lamotrek, Caroline 1977 (Dickinson, W.)