Slide: WD_86_10

Hybrid sand composed predominantly of calcareous limeclasts made of diagenetic microspar, with which subordinate terrigenous grains of quartz and feldspar. Derived from the erosion of indurated limestone on Timor.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr200 - Telepunu 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 limeclast

Images

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Sherd ET4 from Ira Ara (Timor). Slide WD_86_10 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: ET4

None

Site: Ira Ara (Timor)

Suspected origin site: Timor

References:

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