Slide: WD_27_18

Quartz-ophiolitic.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr302 - New Caledonian quartzose-ophiolitic

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 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 quartzite, metavolcanic, plutonite, vitric

Images

Loyalty_52_8 Loyalty_52_8
Sherd 52-8 from Wabao (Maré). Slide WD_27_18 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: 52-8

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Wabao (Maré)

Suspected origin site: Grand Terre

References:

Petrologic Character and Geologic Sources of Sand Tempers in Prehistoric New Caledonian Pottery (Dickinson, W.)