Fabric Details

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
Max	0	0	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	vitric, microlitic
Min	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	Maluku

Representative slides:

Slide	Site	Possible Origin	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Opaques	Ig./Met. Rocks	Lithics
WD_85_15	Macapainara (East Timor)	Banda	4	1	1	5	vitric, microlitic
WD_17_16	Ay Islet (Banda)	Banda	5	2	1	4	vitric, microlitic
WD_17_12	Banda Naira Islet (Banda)	Banda	4	1	2	5	vitric, microlitic
WD_17_13	Banda Naira Islet (Banda)	Banda	3	1	2	5	vitric, microlitic
WD_18_19	Giru Gaja (Gorom)	Banda	4	1	2	5	vitric, microlitic
WD_18_21	Giru Gaja (Gorom)	Banda	4	1	2	5	vitric, microlitic
WD_17_9	Karkur (Wammar)	Banda	4	2	2	4	vitric, microlitic
WD_20_3	Seram (Seram)	Banda	4	1	2	4	vitric, microlitic
WD_17_1	Wangil (Wammar)	Banda	4	1	2	4	vitric, microlitic
WD_17_3	Wangil (Wammar)	Banda	4	1	3	4	vitric, microlitic
WD_17_10	Wangil (Wammar)	Banda	4	2	2	4	vitric, microlitic

WD_85_15

MacapainaraMA_A9_1069 — Sherd MA-A9-1069 from Macapainara (East Timor). Slide WD_85_15 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.

Plagioclase-rich volcanic sand temper. Volcanic glass shards of vitroclastic texture.

WD_17_16

PA2A has a full slide scan available. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Pyroxene-bearing and hornblende-free feldspathic temper sand embedded in clay paste containing a significant component of volcanic ash.

WD_17_12

BandaBN1 — Sherd BN1 from Banda Naira Islet (Banda). Slide WD_17_12 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.

Pyroxene-bearing (but hornblende free) feldspathic sands with dominant volcanic rock fragments are pumiceous felsic glass. Contain vitroclastic glass shards of vocanic ash in the past.

WD_17_13

BandaBN4A — Sherd BN4A from Banda Naira Islet (Banda). Slide WD_17_13 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.

Pyroxene-bearing and hornblende-free feldspathic temper sand embedded in clay paste containing a significant component of volcanic ash.

WD_18_19

GiriGajahGG1 — Sherd GG1 from Giru Gaja (Gorom). Slide WD_18_19 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.

Volcanic sands temper (probably reworked ash)set in a clay paste rich in vitroclastic glass shards.

WD_18_21

GG3 has a full slide scan available. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Volcanic sand temper, probably reworked volcanic ash, set in a clay paste rich in vitroclastic glass shards.

WD_17_9

Karkur77_3 — Sherd 77-3 from Karkur (Wammar). Slide WD_17_9 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.

Abundant vitroclastic glass shards of volcanic ash imbedded in the clay paste within temper.

WD_20_3

SeramHS5 — Sherd HS5 from Seram (Seram). Slide WD_20_3 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.

Imported from Halmahera. Different volcanic temper, with clay rich in curvilinear and branching glass shards of silicic volcanic ash. Quartz free.

WD_17_1

WammarWmSu7 — Sherd WmSu7 from Wangil (Wammar). Slide WD_17_1 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.

Unique paste with high proportion of fresh volcanic glass shards (ash). Isotropic volcanic glass, pale brown or tan, with curvilinear, forked and branching shapes Sand made of vitrics of microvesicular (pumiceous) volcanic glass.

WD_17_3

WmSu9 has a full slide scan available. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Volcanic sand temper exotic to Aru.

WD_17_10

Wangil77_4 — Sherd 77-4 from Wangil (Wammar). Slide WD_17_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.

Vitric and microlitic.

Fabric Code: tpr203

Banda pyroxenic-feldspathic

Plagioclase-rich volcanic sand temper. Volcanic glass shards of vitroclastic texture. Pyroxene-bearing (but hornblende free) feldspathic sands, dominant rocks are pumiceous felsic glass.

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