Slide: WD_2_6

Poorly sorted dacitic volcanic sand temper of simple mineralogy and probable fluvial origin, composed dominantly of volcanic glass rock fragments.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr11 - Saipan dacitic-vitric

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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	vitric

Images

PaganPAG1 — Sherd PAG1 from Sanmeima (Pagan). Slide WD_2_6 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.

PaganPAG1 — Sherd PAG1 from Sanmeima (Pagan). Slide WD_2_6 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: PAG1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Sanmeima (Pagan)

Suspected origin site: Saipan

References:

323 Mariana, reports 1-15 for MTAT, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)