Slide: WD_28_16

Type C. Abundant moderately sorted and subangular quartzofeldspathic non-placer temper sand.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr87 - Northcoast PNG type C

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 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic

Images

Tarawai170_2 Tarawai170_2
Sherd 170-2 from Tarawai (Tarawai). Slide WD_28_16 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: 170-2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Tarawai (Tarawai)

Suspected origin site: Aitape coast

References:

151 North Coast PNG, 1997 (superseded by 167) (Dickinson, W.)

167 sands, tempers, NW coast PNG, 2001 (Dickinson, W.)