Fabric Code: tpr38

Yap hybrid calcareous

Calcareous which plagioclase and clinopyroxene.

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 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 metavolcanic
Min 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Carolines

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_10_11 Yap (Yap) Yap 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 metavolcanic

WD_10_11

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Sherd 15 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_10_11 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.

Temper indistinguishable from temper in sherds from Palau.


References:

210 Yap 2002 (Dickinson, W.)

089 Yap 1981 (Dickinson, W.)