Site: ‘Anatu

Island: ‘Eua       Lithology: Limestone high island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology and Age: Cenozoic sedimentary rocks ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 4032723       Wikidata ID: Q423528       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1007061

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Tongatapu Group Wikidata ID: Q49296865

Eua Island Wikidata ID: Q423528

Tonga Wikidata ID: Q678

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Fabrics:

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
tpr437 0 3 6 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, plutonite, vitric
Eua gabbroic 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Tonga

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_72_17 tpr437 (Eua gabbroic) Eua Tonga Polynesian Plainware (2600 - 1700 BP) 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, plutonite, vitric
WD_72_18 tpr437 (Eua gabbroic) Eua Tonga Polynesian Plainware (2600 - 1700 BP) 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, plutonite, vitric
WD_72_19 tpr437 (Eua gabbroic) Eua Tonga Polynesian Plainware (2600 - 1700 BP) 0 3 6 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, plutonite, vitric

WD_72_17

Eua1 Eua1
Sherd Eua1 from ‘Anatu (‘Eua). Slide WD_72_17 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Gabbro fabric.


WD_72_18

Eua2 Eua2
Sherd Eua2 from ‘Anatu (‘Eua). Slide WD_72_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.

Gabbro fragments.


WD_72_19

Eua3 Eua3
Sherd Eua3 from ‘Anatu (‘Eua). Slide WD_72_19 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.

Gabbro fragments.


References:

119 Eua, Tonga, 1995 (Dickinson, W.)