Slide: WD_93_20

Laucala pyroxenic.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr391 - Laucala 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 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric

Images

Laucala_73_3_1 Laucala_73_3_1
Sherd 73-3-1 from Laucala (Laucala). Slide WD_93_20 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: 73-3-1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Laucala (Laucala)

Suspected origin site: Laucala

References:

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

215 Laucala, Fiji, 2002 (Dickinson, W.)