Slide: WD_39_6

Pyroxene bearing hornblendic-feldspathic (Type F).

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr96 - Mussau type F

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 1 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 felsitic, vitric

Images

EHB1_3_15 EHB1_3_15
Sherd EHB1-3-15 from Etapakengaroasa (Emananus). Slide WD_39_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: EHB1-3-15

None

Ware/Period: Early Mussau Lapita (3250 - 2950 BP) (None)

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.)