Site: Ifira

Island: Ifira       Lithology: Limestone low island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 2136890       Wikidata ID: Q31922805       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Shefa Province Wikidata ID: Q650617

Vanuatu Wikidata ID: Q686


Volcanoes:

Northern Efate: , Cluster type, Stratovolcano(es).

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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
tpr219 0 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 microlitic, vitric, felsitic
Santo-Malo lithic 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Vanuatu
tpr233 0 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric
Efate standard 0 0 5 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_25 tpr219 (Santo-Malo lithic) Malo 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 microlitic
WD_47_2 tpr233 (Efate standard) Efate 0 0 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric
WD_47_4 tpr233 (Efate standard) Efate 0 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric
WD_47_6 tpr233 (Efate standard) Efate 0 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric
WD_47_8 tpr233 (Efate standard) Efate 0 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric
WD_58_15 tpr233 (Efate standard) Efate 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric

WD_47_25

Efate185_B Efate185_B
Sherd 185-B from Ifira (Ifira). Slide WD_47_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.

Microlitic.


WD_47_2

Efate142F Efate142F
Sherd 142F from Ifira (Ifira). Slide WD_47_2 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.


WD_47_4

Efate156B Efate156B
Sherd 156B from Ifira (Ifira). Slide WD_47_4 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.


WD_47_6

Efate189A Efate189A
Sherd 189A from Ifira (Ifira). Slide WD_47_6 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.


WD_47_8

Efate268F Efate268F
Sherd 268F from Ifira (Ifira). Slide WD_47_8 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.


WD_58_15

Efate138F Efate138F
Sherd 138F from Ifira (Ifira). Slide WD_58_15 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.


References:

117 Vanuatu Report (Dickinson, W.)