Slide: IL_2_67

Sio style sherd. "CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Pyroxene occurs as elongate blades and short stubby crystals ranging from 0,1 to 0.4 mm in length. Rectangular and angular plagioclase crystals, show weak seritization. Angular rock fragments generally contain plagioclase crystals, altered pyroxene crystals and opaques, all of which are less than 0.1 mm in length. Rounded red clay pellets are up to 0.3 nm in diameter. 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 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic

Images

Malai27_2 Malai27_2
Sherd 27/2 from Malai (Malai). Slide IL_2_67 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: 27/2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Malai (Malai)

Suspected origin site: Huon

References:

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