Slide: WD_40_15

Volcanic placer temper. Augite with plagioclase and hornblende.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr155 - Tetepare 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 1 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 na

Images

Tetepare_cat4 Tetepare_cat4
Sherd cat4 from Tetepare (Tetepare). Slide WD_40_15 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: cat4

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Tetepare (Tetepare)

Suspected origin site: ?

References:

283 Tetepare, New Georgia, Solomon, 2009 (Dickinson, W.)