Site: Tutuala

Island: Timor       Lithology: NA ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology: Limestone ( Dickinson (2006) )

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 1627371       Wikidata ID: Q994552       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Timor Island Wikidata ID: Q83067

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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
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 OriginWareCal. 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

Raca_temper Raca_temper
Sherd Raca-temper from Tutuala (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

Raca_sherd Raca_sherd
Sherd Raca-sherd from Tutuala (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.)