Slide: IL_2_29

Sio style sherd. CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Pyroxene crystals range from 0.1 to 0.5 mm in length. Plagioclase crystals are angular and less than 0.2 mm in length. Volcanic rock fragments are less than 0.5 mm in length and contain relict plagioclase, altered glass and mafic minerals and fine opaques. The clay is dark brown.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr274 - Huon pyroxenic

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 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic

Images

Malai6_2 Malai6_2
Sherd 6/2 from Malai (Malai). Slide IL_2_29 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: 6/2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Malai (Malai)

Suspected origin site: Huon

References:

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