Slide: WD_17_12

Pyroxene-bearing (but hornblende free) feldspathic sands with dominant volcanic rock fragments are pumiceous felsic glass. Contain vitroclastic glass shards of vocanic ash in the past.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr203 - Banda pyroxenic-feldspathic

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 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, microlitic

Images

BandaBN1 BandaBN1
Sherd BN1 from Banda Naira Islet (Neira). Slide WD_17_12 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: BN1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Banda Naira Islet (Neira)

Suspected origin site: Banda

References:

237 Banda, Indonesia, 2004 (Dickinson, W.)