Slide: WD_16_1

Angular to subangular quartz-feldspar sand temper, including plagioclase and K-feldspar, lacking ferromagnesian grains.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr64 - Wangil 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 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, microlitic

Images

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Sherd WmSu5 from Wangil (Wammar). Slide WD_16_1 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: WmSu5

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Wangil (Wammar)

Suspected origin site: unknown

References:

212 Aru, west Irian, Arafura Sea, 2002 (Dickinson, W.)