Slide: WD_37_6

Opaque rich placer sands (Type CD).

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr94 - Mussau type CD

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
3 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 felsitic, vitric

Images

ECA69_1_4 ECA69_1_4
Sherd ECA69-1-4 from Talepakemalai (Eloaua). Slide WD_37_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: ECA69-1-4

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Talepakemalai (Eloaua)

Suspected origin site: Admiralty

References:

Talepakemalai: Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau Islands of Near Oceania (Dickinson, W. & Kirch, P.)