Slide: WD_86_1

Almost exclusively calcareous temper sand composed predominantly of rather evenly sized and globular foraminiferal tests that are hollow.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr199 - Raca calcareous

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na

Images

Raca_temper Raca_temper
Sherd Raca-temper from Tutuala (Timor). Slide WD_86_1 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: Raca-temper

None

Site: Tutuala (Timor)

Suspected origin site: Timor

References:

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