Slide: WD_13_11

Type A' Palauan temper type; grog temper essentially lacking any terrigenous sand grains.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr49 - Palau grog type A/I

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 na

Images

Peleliu593_1 Peleliu593_1
Sherd 593-1 from Peleliu (Peleliu). Slide WD_13_11 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: 593-1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Peleliu (Peleliu)

Suspected origin site: Babeldoab (or nearby)

References:

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