Site: Pulantat

Island: Guam


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
tpr20 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 vitric, microlitic
Guam lithic andesiitic 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Marianas

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_5_20 tpr20 (Guam lithic andesiitic) Guam 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric

WD_5_20

Ma_GYo_1_13 Ma_GYo_1_13
Sherd Ma-GYo-1-13 from Pulantat (Guam). Slide WD_5_20 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.

Volcanic sand temper.


References:

323 Mariana, reports 1-15 for MTAT, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)

028 Nomna Bay, Fouha Bay, Guam 1968 (Dickinson, W.)