Fabric Code: tpr196

Watom placer

Placered plagioclase and augite, opaques and 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 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
Min 0 0 2 3 0 4 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_104_16 Reber-Rakival (Watom) New Britain 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
WD_104_18 Reber-Rakival (Watom) New Britain 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric

WD_104_16

Watom43 Watom43
Sherd 43 from Reber-Rakival (Watom). Slide WD_104_16 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.

Placered plagioclase and augite, opaques and rock fragments.


WD_104_18

WatomWI7_1_Layer15B WatomWI7_1_Layer15B
Sherd WI7-1-Layer15B from Reber-Rakival (Watom). Slide WD_104_18 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.

Placered plagioclase and augite, opaques and rock fragments.


References:

055 Watom, New Britain, PNG 1973 (Dickinson, W.)