Slide: WD_10_13

Temper sand mainly composed of plagioclase and clinopyroxene grains, but with subordinate proportions of Yap metavolcanics.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr37 - Yap natural metavolcanic type D

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 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 metavolcanic

Images

Ngulu2 Ngulu2
Sherd 2 from Ngulu (Ngulu). Slide WD_10_13 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: 2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Ngulu (Ngulu)

Suspected origin site: Yap

References:

089 Yap 1981 (Dickinson, W.)