Slide: WD_17_3

Volcanic sand temper exotic to Aru.

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 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic

Images

WmSu9 has a full slide scan available. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.


Sherd: WmSu9

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Wangil (Wammar)

Suspected origin site: Banda

References:

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