Site: Regusa

Island: Pagan


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
tpr15 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic
Saipan andesitic 0 0 3 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_4_5 tpr15 (Saipan andesitic) Saipan 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, microlitic

WD_4_5

Pagan69_1 Pagan69_1
Sherd 69-1 from Regusa (Pagan). Slide WD_4_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.

Quartz-free aggregate volcanic sand temper in which microlitic volcanic rock fragments of intermediate character are dominant.


References:

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