Fabric Code: tpr102a

New Ireland placer

Moderately to well sorted tempers. Placered-higher ferromagnesian minerals, of subrounded to subangular grains that are probably beach sands. Hornblende.

Sites:

Mineral and Rock Abundances

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%

Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
Max 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic
Min 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Bismarck

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_31_10 Fissoa (New Ireland) New Ireland 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic

WD_31_10

ENX107 ENX107
Sherd ENX107 from Fissoa (New Ireland). Slide WD_31_10 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.

Hornblende-rich, feldspathic sand temper of probable beach origin.


References:

243 Fissoa, New Ireland, PNG, 2004 (Dickinson, W.)