Site: Burelevu

Island: Kadavu


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
tpr348a 1 0 5 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, felsitic
Kadavu biotite 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Fiji
tpr348f 3 0 4 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 lathwork, vitric, felsitic, microlitic
Kadavu western pyroxenic 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 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_65_10 tpr348a (Kadavu biotite) Burelevu 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, vitric
WD_65_9 tpr348f (Kadavu western pyroxenic) Western Kadavu 0 0 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, lathwork, felsitic
WD_65_11 tpr348f (Kadavu western pyroxenic) Western Kadavu 0 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 lathwork, felsitic, vitric

WD_65_10

Kadavu_BK2 Kadavu_BK2
Sherd BK2 from Burelevu (Kadavu). Slide WD_65_10 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.

Biotite andesite. Has oxyhornblende as well as hornblende.


WD_65_9

Kadavu_BK1 Kadavu_BK1
Sherd BK1 from Burelevu (Kadavu). Slide WD_65_9 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.

Orthopyroxene in addition to clinopyroxene. From pyroxene andesite or pyroxene hornblende andesite.


WD_65_11

Kadavu_BK3 Kadavu_BK3
Sherd BK3 from Burelevu (Kadavu). Slide WD_65_11 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.

Pyroxene andesite, some orthopyroxene with the clinopyroxene.


References:

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