| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tpr203 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | vitric, microlitic |
| Banda pyroxenic-feldspathic | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Maluku |
| tpr63a | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | na |
| Aru quartz-calcite | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maluku |
| tpr63b | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | na |
| Aru quartz-calcite | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maluku |
| tpr63c | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | na |
| Aru quartz-calcite | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maluku |
| Slide | Fabric | Possible Origin | Cal. | Quartz | Feldspar | Pyroxene | Amphibole | Opaques | Olivine | Biotite | Muscovite | Epidote | Garnet/ Spinel | Ig./Met. Rocks | Sed. Rocks | Grog | Lithics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WD_17_1 | tpr203 (Banda pyroxenic-feldspathic) | Banda | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | vitric, microlitic |
| WD_17_3 | tpr203 (Banda pyroxenic-feldspathic) | Banda | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | vitric, microlitic |
| WD_17_10 | tpr203 (Banda pyroxenic-feldspathic) | Banda | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | vitric, microlitic |
| WD_16_6 | tpr63a (Aru quartz-calcite) | Aru | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | na |
| WD_16_10 | tpr63c (Aru quartz-calcite) | Aru | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | na |
| WD_16_1 | tpr64 (Wangil quartz-feldspar) | unknown | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | felsitic, microlitic |
Unique paste with high proportion of fresh volcanic glass shards (ash). Isotropic volcanic glass, pale brown or tan, with curvilinear, forked and branching shapes Sand made of vitrics of microvesicular (pumiceous) volcanic glass.
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Volcanic sand temper exotic to Aru.
Vitric and microlitic.
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Temper sand in which calcareous grains are predominant, with terrigenous grains rare but present.
Quartz-calcite.
Angular to subangular quartz-feldspar sand temper, including plagioclase and K-feldspar, lacking ferromagnesian grains.