Slide: WD_17_22

Combination of felsic volcanic detritus with quartz-feldspar plutonic detritus.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr48 - Torres Strait felsic lithic

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 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 vitric, felsitic, microlitic, chert, tectonite

Images

PuluA7_1 PuluA7_1
Sherd A7-1 from Mabuiag (Mabuiag). Slide WD_17_22 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: A7-1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Mabuiag (Mabuiag)

Suspected origin site: PNG

References:

229 Torres Strait (Dickinson, W.)

235 Torres Strait, 2003 (Dickinson, W.)