Site: Aunu’u

Island: Aunu’u       Lithology: Volcanic high island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology and Age: None ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 5880842       Wikidata ID: Q773919       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1006345

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

American Samoa Wikidata ID: Q16641

Samoan Islands Wikidata ID: Q162126

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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
tpr294 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 vitric
Samoan colluvium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 Samoa

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_25_17 tpr294 (Samoan colluvium) Aunu'u 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 vitric

WD_25_17

Aunuu_AS_17 Aunuu_AS_17
Sherd AS17 from Aunu’u (Aunu’u). Slide WD_25_17 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.

Very weathered inclusions.


References:

112 'Aoa Valley, Tutuila, American Samoa 1994 (Dickinson, W.)