Slide: WD_85_6

Hybrid coastal sand (metamorphic terrigenous detritus). Moderately to well sorted, subrounded hybrid (mixed calcareous and terrigenous aggregate) temper sands of presumed beach origin in which terrigenous grains were derived from foliated metasedimentary bedrock.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr202 - Buru 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 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 quartzite, tectonite

Images

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Sherd M858 from Macapainara (Timor). Slide WD_85_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: M858

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Macapainara (Timor)

Suspected origin site: Buru

References:

295 summary, East Timor, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)

288 Macapainara, East Timor, 2010 (Dickinson, W.)