Slide: WD_86_6

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	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

TelepunuTTP2_4 — Sherd TTP2-4 from Telepunu (Timor). Slide WD_86_6 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

TelepunuTTP2_4 — Sherd TTP2-4 from Telepunu (Timor). Slide WD_86_6 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: TTP2-4

None

Site: Telepunu (Timor)

Suspected origin site: Timor

References:

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

240 Telepunu, East Timor, 2004 (Dickinson, W.)