Slide: WD_26_9

Possibly from site 'Wattom-Wano' instead.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr296 - New Caledonian quartzose

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 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 quartzite, chert

Images

Wano_30_1 Wano_30_1
Sherd 30-1 from St Vincent Bay (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_9 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: 30-1

None

Site: St Vincent Bay (Grande Terre)

Suspected origin site: Grand Terre

References:

029 Wattom-Wano, New Caledonia 1970 (Dickinson, W.)