Fabric Code: tpr63a

Aru quartz-calcite

Quartz-calcite with calcareous grains- mainly calcareous.

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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 na
Min 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maluku

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_16_6 Wangil (Wammar) Aru 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 na
WD_16_18 Aru (Aru) Aru 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 na

WD_16_6

WM-16-13 has a full slide scan available. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Temper sand in which calcareous grains are predominant, with terrigenous grains rare but present.


WD_16_18

Jurlay77_2 Jurlay77_2
Sherd 77-2 from Aru (Aru). Slide WD_16_18 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.

Calcareous.


References:

212 Aru, west Irian, Arafura Sea, 2002 (Dickinson, W.)