Slide: WD_81_2

Calcareous and grains of chrome spinel (translucent red, isotropic), diagnostic of derivation from peridotite.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr183 - Northcoast PNG calcareous type A

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
6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 na

Images

WATA5-2 has a full slide scan available. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.


Sherd: WATA5-2

None

Site: Watinglo (New Guinea)

Suspected origin site: unknown

References:

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