Fabric Code: tpr85

Northcoast PNG type A

Abundant well sorted and rounded quartz-feldspar-lithics non-placer temper (Type A). Clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene 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 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
Min 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 PNG

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_28_5 Leitre (Aitape Coast) Aitape coast 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
WD_28_1 Kep (Aitape Coast) Aitape coast 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
WD_28_2 Ali (Aitape Coast) Aitape coast 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
WD_28_4 Serra (Aitape Coast) Aitape coast 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic

WD_28_5

Leitere601_1 Leitere601_1
Sherd 601-1 from Leitre (Aitape coast). Slide WD_28_5 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. 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.

Abundant well sorted and rounded quartz-feldspar-lithics non-placer temper (Type A).


WD_28_1

Kep200 Kep200
Sherd 200 from Kep (Aitape coast). Slide WD_28_1 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.

Abundant well sorted and rounded quartz-feldspar-lithics non-placer temper (Type A).


WD_28_2

Ali638 Ali638
Sherd 638 from Ali (Aitape coast). Slide WD_28_2 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.

Abundant well sorted and rounded quartz-feldspar-lithics non-placer temper (Type A).


WD_28_4

Serra610 Serra610
Sherd 610 from Serra (Aitape coast). Slide WD_28_4 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.

Type A. Abundant well sorted and rounded quartz-feldspar-lithics non-placer temper.


References:

151 North Coast PNG, 1997 (superseded by 167) (Dickinson, W.)

167 sands, tempers, NW coast PNG, 2001 (Dickinson, W.)