Slide: WD_53_4

Olivine placer sand.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr269 - Aneityum hybrid olivine placer type B

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 2 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, lathwork, microlitic

Images

AnatomA2 AnatomA2
Sherd A2 from Aneityum (Aneityum). Slide WD_53_4 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: A2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Aneityum (Aneityum)

Suspected origin site: Aneityum

References:

301 Aneityum, Vanuatu, 2012 (Dickinson, W.)