Site: Halmahera

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

Lithology and Age: Multiple Mesozoic-Cenozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 1643476       Wikidata ID: Q201398       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1007331

Mindat Loc ID: 146737


In:

North Maluku Province Wikidata ID: Q5094

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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
tpr73 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, microlitic
Halmahera volcanic 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Maluku

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_20_23 tpr73 (Halmahera volcanic) Halmahera 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic

WD_20_23

Halmahera_74_4 Halmahera_74_4
Sherd 74-4 from Halmahera (Halmahera). Slide WD_20_23 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.

Vitric volcanic sand temper from ash.


References:

220 Aru, Halmahera, 2002 (Dickinson, W.)