Fabric Code: tpr54

Palau grog type II

Mixtures of grog particles and terrigenous grains (terrigenous grains more abundant than grog particles). Grains either felsic or mafic.

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 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 vitric, microlitic
Min 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 Carolines

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_12_8 Ulong Islet (Chelbacheb) Babeldoab (or nearby) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 na

WD_12_8

UL1 UL1
Sherd UL1 from Ulong Islet (Chelbacheb). Slide WD_12_8 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Grog (composed of broken pottery).


References:

219 Ulong, Palau, 2002 (Dickinson, W.)