Slide: WD_50_23

Opaque rich placer.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr266 - Malakula opaque-rich

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 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 felsitic, vitric, microlitic, microphaneritic

Images

Vao372_8 Vao372_8
Sherd 372-8 from Vao (Vao). Slide WD_50_23 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: 372-8

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.)