Site: Tutuala

Island: East Timor


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
tpr199 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
Raca calcareous 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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_86_1 tpr199 (Raca calcareous) Timor 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_86_2 tpr199 (Raca calcareous) Timor 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na

WD_86_1

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Sherd Raca-temper from Tutuala (East Timor). Slide WD_86_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.

Almost exclusively calcareous temper sand composed predominantly of rather evenly sized and globular foraminiferal tests that are hollow.


WD_86_2

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Sherd Raca-sherd from Tutuala (East Timor). Slide WD_86_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.

Almost exclusively calcareous temper sand composed predominantly of rather evenly sized and globular foraminiferal tests that are hollow.


References:

295 summary, East Timor, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)