Slide: WD_40_21

Hybrid quartz-calcite sand temper.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr150 - Exotic Roviana quartz-calcite

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
6 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 na

Images

Roviana_Lagoon_RV_22_L2 Roviana_Lagoon_RV_22_L2
Sherd RV-22-L2 from Roviana (Roviana). Slide WD_40_21 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: RV-22-L2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Roviana (Roviana)

Suspected origin site:

References:

293 Vella Lavella, Roviana, New Georgia group, Solomon, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)