Slide: WD_88_9

Hybrid placer sand temper with calcareous grains.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr168 - Santa Cruz hybrid placer

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
4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic

Images

ReefIslandRL2_69_29 ReefIslandRL2_69_29
Sherd RL2-69-29 from Reef (Reef). Slide WD_88_9 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: RL2-69-29

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Reef (Reef)

Suspected origin site: Nendo

References:

289 Reef Islands, Nendo, Santa Cruz group, Solomon (Dickinson, W.)