Fabric Code: tpr86

Northcoast PNG type B

Type B, Sparse well sorted and rounded quartz-feldspar-lithics non-placer temper. 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 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
Min 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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_9 Serra (Aitape Coast) Aitape coast 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
WD_28_6 Tarawai (Aitape Coast) Aitape coast 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic

WD_28_9

Serra609_1 Serra609_1
Sherd 609-1 from Serra (Aitape coast). Slide WD_28_9 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.

Type B. Sparse well sorted and rounded quartz-feldspar-lithics non-placer temper.


WD_28_6

Tarawai155_2 Tarawai155_2
Sherd 155-2 from Tarawai (Aitape coast). Slide WD_28_6 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

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151 North Coast PNG, 1997 (superseded by 167) (Dickinson, W.)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