Slide: WD_50_2

Medium sand non-placer lithic temper with dominant plagioclase and felsitic fragments.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr260 - Malakula med lithic

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 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric, microphaneritic

Images

312-2 has a full slide scan available. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.


Sherd: 312-2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Vao (Vao)

Suspected origin site: Malakula

References:

117 Vanuatu Report (Dickinson, W.)

180 Malakula, Vanuatu, 1999 (Dickinson, W.)

228 Vao Tempers, 2003 (Dickinson, W.)