Slide: WD_39_13

Pyroxenic (Type G).

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr97 - Mussau type G

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 2 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, vitric

Images

EHB1_6_5 EHB1_6_5
Sherd EHB1-6-5 from Etapakengaroasa (Emananus). Slide WD_39_13 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: EHB1-6-5

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Etapakengaroasa (Emananus)

Suspected origin site: Manus or Lavongai

References:

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