Slide: WD_104_19

Hybrid calcareous with plagioclase and augite, opaques and rock fragments (pale brown vitric glass). Andesitic arc.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr195 - Watom hybrid

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
4 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, felsitic, microlitic

Images

Watom522 Watom522
Sherd 522 from Reber-Rakival (Watom). Slide WD_104_19 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. 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: 522

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Reber-Rakival (Watom)

Suspected origin site: New Britain

References:

055 Watom, New Britain, PNG 1973 (Dickinson, W.)