Slide: WD_13_18

Non-Micronesian, quartz with feldspars that include potassium feldspars. Has biotite and muscovite. Could be from Halmahera, PNG, Waigeo or elsewhere.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr273 - Exotic Tobi quartz-feldspar

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 5 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 na

Images

Tobi1 Tobi1
Sherd Tobi1 from Tobi (Tobi). Slide WD_13_18 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: Tobi1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Tobi (Tobi)

Suspected origin site: non-Micronesia

References:

217, Tobi 2002 (Dickinson, W.)