Slide: WD_38_14

Well sorted and subrounded to subangular pyroxenic beach placer temper, basaltic lithics are hyalopilitic.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr134 - TLTF olivine 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
0 0 1 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic

Images

DFF2 DFF2
Sherd DFF2 from Nissan (Nissan). Slide WD_38_14 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: DFF2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Nissan (Nissan)

Suspected origin site: TLTF or New Britain

References:

178 Nissan, PNG, 1999 (Dickinson, W.)