Slide: WD_93_17

Pyroxenic.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr499 - Nananu pyroxenic

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 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, felsitic

Images

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Sherd 24-4 from Nananu (Nananu). Slide WD_93_17 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: 24-4

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Nananu (Nananu)

Suspected origin site: Nananu

References:

Temper Sands in Prehistoric Oceanian Pottery (Dickinson, W.)