Slide: WD_91_3

Pyroxene.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr165 - Santa Cruz 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 0 2 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic

Images

Trevanion49_3 Trevanion49_3
Sherd 49-3 from Trevanion Islet (Tomotu Neo). Slide WD_91_3 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: 49-3

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Trevanion Islet (Tomotu Neo)

Suspected origin site: Nendo

References:

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

081 Nendo, Santa Cruz group, Solomon 1979 (Dickinson, W.)