Slide: WD_35_23

Well sorted and subrounded to subangular aggregates of pyroxenic placer sand. Likely indigenous to Kolombangara.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr135 - Kolombangara pyroxenic

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 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic, vitric

Images

TanahukaNR009 TanahukaNR009
Sherd NR009 from Kolombangara (Kolombangara). Slide WD_35_23 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: NR009

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Kolombangara (Kolombangara)

Suspected origin site: Kolombangara

References:

258 Kolombangara, New Georgia, Solomon, 2007 (Dickinson, W.)

276 Roviana, New Georgia, Solomon, 2009 (Dickinson, W.)