Slide: IL_2_33

Sio style sherd. CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Pyroxene crystals are generally 0.3 mm in length. There is also minor amounts of altered volcanic rock fragments up to 1 mm across. Ferruginized clay clasts up to 0.5 mm across and small angular feldspar grains. The clay is dark red 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 vitric

Images

Malai4_1 Malai4_1
Sherd 4/1 from Malai (Malai). Slide IL_2_33 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: 4/1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Malai (Malai)

Suspected origin site: Huon

References:

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