Fabric Code: tpr66

Banda hybrid-feldspar lithic

Previous presence of calcareous temper grains removed through leaching. Plagioclase, volcanic lithic, opaque iron oxide, and clinopyroxene grains also present.

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 3 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microltic
Min 1 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 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_17_11 Banda Naira Islet (Banda) Banda 2 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic

WD_17_11

BandaPA1 BandaPA1
Sherd PA1 from Banda Naira Islet (Banda). Slide WD_17_11 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.

Previous presence of calcareous temper grains removed through leaching. Plagioclase, volcanic lithic, opaque iron oxide, and clinopyroxene grains also present.


References:

237 Banda, Indonesia, 2004 (Dickinson, W.)