Slide: WD_27_11

Lapita sherd.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr298 - New Caledonian quartzose placer

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
4 2 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 plutonite, victric, quartzite

Images

IllsDesPins_7_9 IllsDesPins_7_9
Sherd 7-9 from Île des Pins (Île des Pins). Slide WD_27_11 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: 7-9

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Île des Pins (Île des Pins)

Suspected origin site: New Caledonia

References:

006 St. Maurice, Ile des Pins, 1966 (Dickinson, W.)