Slide: WD_80_2

Dominant plagioclase feldspar and hornblende varieties are the only ferromagnesian silicate grains, some rock fragments with glassy to felsitic (devitrified glass) internal textures, moderately sorted, subangular to subrounded, fine to medium volcanic sand of probable fluvial origin.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr181 - Northcoast PNG hornblendic

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
0	1	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	vitric, felsitic

Images

WATA5_12 — Sherd WATA5-12 from Watinglo (New Guinea). Slide WD_80_2 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 with higher exposure. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

WATA5_12 — Sherd WATA5-12 from Watinglo (New Guinea). Slide WD_80_2 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 with higher exposure. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: WATA5-12

None

Site: Watinglo (New Guinea)

Suspected origin site: unknown

References:

279 Watinglo, Lachitu, PNG, 2009 (Dickinson, W.)