Site: Fissoa

Island: New Ireland       Lithology: Composite high island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology and Age: Cenozoic volcanic rocks ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 2097405       Wikidata ID: None       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

New Ireland Province Wikidata ID: Q838690

New Ireland Island Wikidata ID: Q215089

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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
tpr101 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic
New Ireland feldspathic non-placer 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bismarck
tpr102 0 0 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic
New Ireland pyroxene rich-placer 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Bismarck
tpr102a 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic
New Ireland placer 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 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
WD_31_1 tpr101 (New Ireland feldspathic non-placer) New Ireland 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic
WD_31_3 tpr102 (New Ireland pyroxene rich-placer) New Ireland 0 0 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic
WD_31_10 tpr102a (New Ireland placer) New Ireland 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic

WD_31_1

ENX108 ENX108
Sherd ENX108 from Fissoa (New Ireland). Slide WD_31_1 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.

Feldspathic non-placer sand temper.


WD_31_3

ENX110 ENX110
Sherd ENX110 from Fissoa (New Ireland). Slide WD_31_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.

Pyroxene-rich beach placer sand temper.


WD_31_10

ENX107 ENX107
Sherd ENX107 from Fissoa (New Ireland). Slide WD_31_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.

Hornblende-rich, feldspathic sand temper of probable beach origin.


References:

243 Fissoa, New Ireland, PNG, 2004 (Dickinson, W.)