Slide: IL_2_20

Sio style. CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Pyroxene grains (5%) are generally less than 0.4 m in length. Plagioclase laths (5%) are less than 0.2 mm in length. There are some large volcanic rock fragments made up of abundant plagioclase laths, minor pyroxene and fine grained opaques in a hypocrystallne texture. Accessory iron oxide and red ferruginized clay pellets are also present. The clay is dark brown.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr483 - Huon feldspathic lithic

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%
Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 lathwork, microphaneritic, microlitic

Images

Malai5_7 Malai5_7
Sherd 5/7 from Malai (Malai). Slide IL_2_20 from I Lilley. 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.

Sherd: 5/7

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Malai (Malai)

Suspected origin site: Sio

References:

Prehistoric exchange in the Vitiaz Strait, Papua New Guinea (Lilley, I.)