Slide: WD_13_5

Hybrid (mixed calcareous-terrigenous) black sand. Veneer of 'salt-and-pepper' hybrid sand on otherwise white coral sand beach face.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr52 - Palau hybrid type IV

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

Images

PU1 PU1
Sherd PU1 from Peleliu (Peleliu). Slide WD_13_5 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: PU1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Peleliu (Peleliu)

Suspected origin site: Babeldoab

References:

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