Fabric Code: tpr158

Santa Ana calcareous

Calcareous, probably coastal sands.

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 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
Min 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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_38_24 Feru Rockshelter (Santa Ana) Makira 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na

WD_38_24

Feru_SantaAna_S2 Feru_SantaAna_S2
Sherd S2 from Feru Rockshelter (Santa Ana). Slide WD_38_24 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Rounded to subrounded calcareous sands.


References:

068 SE Solomon 1977 (Dickinson, W.)