Site: Emae

Island: Emae


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
tpr239 0 0 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, felsitic, microlitic
Shepherd feldspathic 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Vanuatu

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_47_22 tpr239 (Shepherd feldspathic) Shepherd islands or Efate 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric
ML_1_7 tpr227 (Efate hybrid) Efate-Shepherd Islands 1 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 felsitic, vitric
ML_1_8 tpr239 (Shepherd feldspathic) Efate-Shepherd Islands 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric
ML_1_9 tpr239 (Shepherd feldspathic) Efate-Shepherd Islands 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, felsitic
ML_1_10 tpr239 (Shepherd feldspathic) Efate-Shepherd Islands 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric

WD_47_22

Efate744K Efate744K
Sherd 744K from Emae (Emae). Slide WD_47_22 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.

Vitric.


ML_1_7

EM1 EM1
Sherd EM1 from Emae (Emae). Slide ML_1_7 from Leclerc, ANU. 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.

Plagioclase-rich.


ML_1_8

EM2 EM2
Sherd EM2 from Emae (Emae). Slide ML_1_8 from Leclerc, ANU. 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.

Tan pumiceous vitrics.


ML_1_9

EM3 EM3
Sherd EM3 from Emae (Emae). Slide ML_1_9 from Leclerc, ANU. 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.

Tan pumiceous vitrics


ML_1_10

EM4 EM4
Sherd EM4 from Emae (Emae). Slide ML_1_10 from Leclerc, ANU. 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.

Tan pumiceous vitrics.


References:

117 Vanuatu Report (Dickinson, W.)