Fabric Code: tpr143

Roviana plainware C-hornblendic

Hornblendic but quartz-free tempers, dominantly green but partly green-brown hornblende, felsitic, vitric and microphanerite rock fragments.

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 3 2 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 felsitic, vitric, microphaneritic
Min 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Solomons

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_40_5 Roviana (New Georgia) ? 0 0 3 2 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 felsitic, vitric, microphaneritic
WD_40_4 Roviana (New Georgia) 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 felsitic, vitric, microphaneritic
WD_40_6 Roviana (New Georgia) 0 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, vitric, microphaneritic
WD_40_7 Roviana (New Georgia) 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 felsitic, vitric, microphaneritic
WD_40_8 Roviana (New Georgia) 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 felsitic, vitric, microphaneritic

WD_40_5

Honiavasa_RoviannaRP5 Honiavasa_RoviannaRP5
Sherd RP5 from Roviana (New Georgia). Slide WD_40_5 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.

Rovianna Plainware C. Moderately sorted, fine, and subangular hornblendic but quartz-free sand temper.


WD_40_4

NDM1_RoviannaRP4 NDM1_RoviannaRP4
Sherd NDM1-RP4 from Roviana (New Georgia). Slide WD_40_4 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.

Rovianna Plainware C. Moderately sorted, fine, and subangular hornblendic but quartz-free sand temper.


WD_40_6

s370_RoviannaRP6 s370_RoviannaRP6
Sherd s370-RP6 from Roviana (New Georgia). Slide WD_40_6 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.

Roviana Plainware C. Moderately sorted, fine, and subangular hornblendic but quartz-free sand temper.


WD_40_7

s2047_RoviannaRP7 s2047_RoviannaRP7
Sherd s2047-RP7 from Roviana (New Georgia). Slide WD_40_7 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.

Roviana Plainware C. Moderately sorted, fine, and subangular hornblendic but quartz-free sand temper.


WD_40_8

s25_RoviannaRP25_58 s25_RoviannaRP25_58
Sherd s25-RP25-58 from Roviana (New Georgia). Slide WD_40_8 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.

Roviana Plainware C. Moderately sorted, fine, and subangular hornblendic but quartz-free sand temper.


References:

276 Roviana, New Georgia, Solomon, 2009 (Dickinson, W.)