Slide: WD_58_24

Hybrid with limeclast calcareous and feldspar, microlitic and felsitic rock volcanic sands. Older sherd.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr249 - Malakula limeclast hybrid

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
3 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 limeclast, microlitic, felsitic, vitric, microphaneritic

Images

MalakulaNHM47 MalakulaNHM47
Sherd NHM47 from Malakula (Malakula). Slide WD_58_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. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: NHM47

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Malakula (Malakula)

Suspected origin site: Malakula

References:

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

155 Malakula, Vanuatu, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)