Site: Hunga

Island: Hunga       Lithology: Limestone high island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 4032600       Wikidata ID: Q20460421       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Vava'u Group Wikidata ID: Q859666

Tonga Wikidata ID: Q678

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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
tpr380 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, felsitic, vitric
Vava'u parially placered 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Tonga

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_71_25 tpr380 (Vava'u parially placered) Vava'u 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, felsitic

WD_71_25

Hunga Hunga
Sherd HUNGA from Hunga (Hunga). Slide WD_71_25 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.

Partially placered sherd but with lower levels of opaques.


References:

182 Hunga, Vava'u, Tonga, 1999 (Dickinson, W.)