Slide: IL_2_25

Sio style sherd. CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Shelly fragments, are up to 1 mm in length. Pyroxene crystals, plagioclase crystals range in size from <0.1 up to 0.2 mm in length. There is also accessory iron oxide grains and the clay is red brown.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr458 - Huon calcareous

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
6 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na

Images

Malai5_10 Malai5_10
Sherd 5/10 from Malai (Malai). Slide IL_2_25 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: 5/10

None

Site: Malai (Malai)

Suspected origin site: Huon

References:

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