Site: Boduna

Island: Boduna       Lithology: NA ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology and Age: Cenozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks (mafic-felsic mixed volcanic). ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 2089285       Wikidata ID: Q49665390       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

West New Britain Province Wikidata ID: Q667468

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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
tpr193 0 0 4 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, lathwork
Boduna feldspathic 0 0 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Bismarck

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
JS_1_3 tpr193 (Boduna feldspathic) New Britain 0 0 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, lathwork
JS_1_6 tpr193 (Boduna feldspathic) New Britain 0 0 4 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, lathwork, felsitic, vitric
JS_1_1 tpr193 (Boduna feldspathic) New Britain 0 0 4 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, lathwork
JS_1_2 tpr193 (Boduna feldspathic) New Britain 0 0 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, lathwork
JS_1_4 tpr193 (Boduna feldspathic) New Britain 0 0 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, lathwork
JS_1_5 tpr193 (Boduna feldspathic) New Britain 0 0 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, lathwork

JS_1_3

FEA11 FEA11
Sherd FEA11 from Boduna (Boduna). Slide JS_1_3 from J Specht. 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.

Lapita sherd. Pyroxenes are 1/3 orthopyroxene.


JS_1_6

FEATT FEATT
Sherd FEA/A from Boduna (Boduna). Slide JS_1_6 from J Specht. 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.

Lapita sherd. Pyroxenes are 1/3 orthopyroxene.


JS_1_1

FEA2_a FEA2_a
Sherd FEA2 from Boduna (Boduna). Slide JS_1_1 from J Specht. 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.

Pyroxenes are 1/3 orthopyroxene


JS_1_2

FEA6 FEA6
Sherd FEA6 from Boduna (Boduna). Slide JS_1_2 from J Specht. 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.

Pyroxenes are 1/3 orthopyroxene


JS_1_4

FEA28 FEA28
Sherd FEA28 from Boduna (Boduna). Slide JS_1_4 from J Specht. 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.

Lapita sherd. Pyroxenes are 1/3 orthopyroxene.


JS_1_5

FEA36 FEA36
Sherd FEA36 from Boduna (Boduna). Slide JS_1_5 from J Specht. 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.

Lapita sherd. Pyroxenes are 1/3 orthopyroxene.


References:

149 New Britain, PNG, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)