Slide: WD_18_7

Similar to fluvial buru, but with calcareous beach sand. Metamorphic.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr202 - Buru hybrid

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
3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 quartzite, tectonite

Images

BuruBX46 BuruBX46
Sherd BX46 from Buru (Buru). Slide WD_18_7 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: BX46

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Buru (Buru)

Suspected origin site: Buru

References:

295 summary, East Timor, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)

288 Macapainara, East Timor, 2010 (Dickinson, W.)