Slide: WD_40_24

Moderately sorted volcanic sand temper in which essentialy all the temper grains, apart from subordinate opaque iron oxide grains, are isotropic volcanic glass.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr151 - Roviana vitric

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	vitric, microlitic

Images

Roviana_Lagoon_RV_21_E2 — Sherd RV-21-E2 from Roviana (Roviana). Slide WD_40_24 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 with higher exposure. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Roviana_Lagoon_RV_21_E2 — Sherd RV-21-E2 from Roviana (Roviana). Slide WD_40_24 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 with higher exposure. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: RV-21-E2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Roviana (Roviana)

Suspected origin site: Solomons

References:

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