Slide: WD_55_19

Quartz-bearing temper sand.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr341 - Exotic Natunuku quartzose

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 2 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite

Images

Natunuku_22_9 Natunuku_22_9
Sherd 22-9 from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide WD_55_19 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: 22-9

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Natunuku (Viti Levu)

Suspected origin site: south Viti Levu

References:

172 Natunuku Viti Lefu, Fiji (Dickinson, W.)