Northern Mariana Islands Wikidata ID: Q16644
Tinian Province Wikidata ID: Q7808227
Tinian Island Wikidata ID: Q325652
Mariana Islands Wikidata ID: Q153732
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| 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. | Quartz | Feldspar | Pyroxene | Amphibole | Opaques | Olivine | Biotite | Muscovite | Epidote | Garnet/ Spinel | Ig./Met. Rocks | Sed. Rocks | Grog | Lithics/ Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tpr15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | vitric, microlitic, felsitic |
| Saipan andesitic | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Marianas |
| tpr8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | microlitic, felsitic |
| Saipan hybrid quartzose | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Marianas |
| Slide | Fabric | Possible Origin | Cal. | Quartz | Feldspar | Pyroxene | Amphibole | Opaques | Olivine | Biotite | Muscovite | Epidote | Garnet/ Spinel | Ig./Met. Rocks | Sed. Rocks | Grog | Lithics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WD_4_18 | tpr15 (Saipan andesitic) | Saipan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | vitric, microlitic |
| WD_6_12 | tpr8 (Saipan hybrid quartzose) | Saipan | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | felsitic |
Hybrid with much leeching of calcareous grains, so numbers may be unrepresentative.
Temper with reddish surfaces but uniformly dark and hackly interiors, contains quartz-rich temper sand admixed with calcareous grains.