Site: Mindiri

Island: New Guinea Lithology: NA ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 2090782 Wikidata ID: None Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None

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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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
tpr274	1	1	3	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	vitric, microlitic, lathwork
Huon pyroxenic	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	PNG

Slides:

Slide	Fabric	Possible Origin	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
IL_1_92	tpr274 (Huon pyroxenic)	Mindiri	1	0	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	microlitic

IL_1_92

MT1_a — Sherd Clay and temper mix from Mindiri (New Guinea). Slide IL_1_92 from I Lilley. 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.

Pyroxene grains are colourless to pale green, angular to subrounded, about 0.3 mm across. There are minor of small angular quartz or feldspar, minor magnetite and minor shelly fragments. Minor volcanic rock fragments are set in the brown clay.