Slide: WD_81_6

Well sorted and rounded calcareous sand temper composed of modern reef detritus.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr185 - Northcoast PNG calcareous type C

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

Images

RQA111_5 — Sherd RQA111-5 from Lachitu (New Guinea). Slide WD_81_6 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.

RQA111_5 — Sherd RQA111-5 from Lachitu (New Guinea). Slide WD_81_6 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: RQA111-5

None

Site: Lachitu (New Guinea)

Suspected origin site: unknown

References:

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