Slide: WD_91_16

Placer quartose pyroxenic with opaque iron oxides.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr207 - Exotic Tonga pyroxenic 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
0 3 3 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, felsitic

Images

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Sherd SZ8-68-12 from Nanggu (Nendö). Slide WD_91_16 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: SZ8-68-12

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Nanggu (Nendö)

Suspected origin site: exotic

References:

068 SE Solomon 1977 (Dickinson, W.)