Slide: WD_27_8

Ophiolitic. Non-Lapita sherd. Has granitic, gabbro and ultramafic rock fragments.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr310a - New Caledonian ultramafic

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
0	2	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	metavolcanic, amphibolite, tectonite, quartzite

Images

IllsDesPins_7_1 — Sherd 7-1 from Île des Pins (Île des Pins). Slide WD_27_8 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.

IllsDesPins_7_1 — Sherd 7-1 from Île des Pins (Île des Pins). Slide WD_27_8 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: 7-1

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.)

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