Slide: WD_13_10

Mixtures of grog particles and terrigenous grains (terrigenous grains more abundant than grog particles). Grains either felsic or mafic.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr50 - Palau grog type B/C/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 2 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 felsitic, microlitic

Images

Kayangel1005_4 Kayangel1005_4
Sherd 1005-4 from Kayangel (Kayangel). Slide WD_13_10 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: 1005-4

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Kayangel (Kayangel)

Suspected origin site: Babeldoab

References:

211 Temper sand origins, Palau 2002 (Dickinson, W.)