Slide: WD_31_17

Well sorted, fine- to medium-grained placer beach sand, wholly lacking in hornblende, but rich in clinopyroxene and opaque iron oxides.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr104 - New Ireland pyroxenic 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
1 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 na

Images

ELS6 ELS6
Sherd ELS6 from Lasigi (New Ireland). Slide WD_31_17 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: ELS6

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Lasigi (New Ireland)

Suspected origin site: New Ireland

References:

246 Lasigi, New Ireland, PNG, 2005 (Dickinson, W.)