Fabric Code: tpr474

Gulf nonvolcanic lithic

No bioplastic carbonate, but pores taken as calcaresous.

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

Representative slides:

Slide	Site	Possible Origin	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
KM_1_7	Kikiniu (Png)	PNG South Coast	0	4	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	tectonite, siltstone
KM_1_20	Kikiniu (Png)	PNG South Coast	0	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	tectonite, siltstone
KM_1_4	Kikiniu (Png)	PNG South Coast	0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	tectonite, siltstone

KM_1_7

BXU6_24 — Sherd BXU6_24 from Kikiniu (PNG). Slide KM_1_7 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

BXU6_24 — Sherd BXU6_24 from Kikiniu (PNG). Slide KM_1_7 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

Meta-sedimentary and sedimentary lithics.

KM_1_20

BXU19i_17 — Sherd BXU19i-17 from Kikiniu (PNG). Slide KM_1_20 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

BXU19i_17 — Sherd BXU19i-17 from Kikiniu (PNG). Slide KM_1_20 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

Meta-sedimentary and sedimentary lithics.

KM_1_4

BXU6_14_a — Sherd BXU6-14 from Kikiniu (PNG). Slide KM_1_4 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

BXU6_14_a — Sherd BXU6-14 from Kikiniu (PNG). Slide KM_1_4 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

Meta-sedimentary and sedimentary lithics.

References:

Petrographic analyses of sand temper/inclusions in ceramics of Kikiniu, Kikori River and modern sand (Marsaglia, KM, Kramer, KG, David, B. Shelly, RJ.)