Slide: WD_90_4

Non-calcareous volcanic temper of lithic sand. Moderately sorted and subrounded medium to coarse temper sands displaying placer concentration of opaque iron oxide grains (probably magnetite), glassy rock fragments, and clinopyroxene. Temper probably from stream.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr211 - Pohnpei lithic

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 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic

Images

Len4 Len4
Sherd Len4 from Lenger (Lenger). Slide WD_90_4 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: Len4

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Lenger (Lenger)

Suspected origin site: Pohnpei

References:

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