Slide: WD_90_1

Hybrid temper sand of mixed calcareous and terrigenous grains. Optically amorphous chitinous grains of tan coloration derived from crab or echinoid shells. Glassy rock fragments, microcrystalline volcanic rock fragments, clinopyroxenes, opaques, plagioclase.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr210 - Pohnpei hybrid

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
5 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, microlitic

Images

Len1 Len1
Sherd Len1 from Lenger (Lenger). Slide WD_90_1 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: Len1

None

Ware/Period: East Carolines Calcareous (2500 - 1000 BP) (Q137610679)

Site: Lenger (Lenger)

Suspected origin site: Pohnpei

References:

267 Lenger, Pohnpei, Caroline, 2008 (Dickinson, W.)