Slide: WD_8_1

Deeply weathered. Volcanic sand temper.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr21 - Guam lithic hi andesitic

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
0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 vitric

Images

MochongRotaI MochongRotaI
Sherd MochongRotaI from Mochong (Rota). Slide WD_8_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: MochongRotaI

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Mochong (Rota)

Suspected origin site: Guam

References:

323 Mariana, reports 1-15 for MTAT, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)

067 Rota, Mariana 1977 (Dickinson, W.)