Site: Buliya

Island: Buliya       Lithology: Volcanic high island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 2203620       Wikidata ID: Q24569730       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Kadavu Group Wikidata ID: Q2300084

Fiji Wikidata ID: Q712

Note that to see the 'Geology' layer (layer options in top right corner) you may have to zoom out.


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
tpr348b 4 0 5 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, lathwork, microlitic, vitric
Kadavu hornblendic 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Fiji

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_64_3 tpr348b (Kadavu hornblendic) Central Kadavu 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric
WD_64_4 tpr348b (Kadavu hornblendic) Central Kadavu 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric

WD_64_3

Kadavu_46_1 Kadavu_46_1
Sherd 46-1 from Buliya (Buliya). Slide WD_64_3 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.

Honblende andesite temper. Hornblende and oxyhornblende.


WD_64_4

Kadavu_46_2 Kadavu_46_2
Sherd 46-2 from Buliya (Buliya). Slide WD_64_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.

Hornblende and oxyhornblende.


References:

284 Kadavu, Fiji, 2010 (Dickinson, W.)