Slide: WD_10_9

Broken-sherd temper in which quartzose and cherty grains are abundant.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr41 - Palau-Yap quartzose grog

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 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 chert

Images

Ngulu5 Ngulu5
Sherd 5 from Ngulu (Ngulu). Slide WD_10_9 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: 5

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Ngulu (Ngulu)

Suspected origin site: Palau

References:

089 Yap 1981 (Dickinson, W.)