Slide: WD_16_6

Temper sand in which calcareous grains are predominant, with terrigenous grains rare but present.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr63a - Aru quartz-calcite

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
6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 na

Images

WM-16-13 has a full slide scan available. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.


Sherd: WM-16-13

None

Site: Wangil (Wammar)

Suspected origin site: Aru

References:

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