Site: Laucala

Island: Laucala       Lithology: Volcanic high island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 4036130       Wikidata ID: Q2515014       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Vanua Levu Group Wikidata ID: Q2756586

Fiji Wikidata ID: Q712

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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
tpr391 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric
Laucala pyroxenic 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Fiji

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_93_20 tpr391 (Laucala pyroxenic) Laucala 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric

WD_93_20

Laucala_73_3_1 Laucala_73_3_1
Sherd 73-3-1 from Laucala (Laucala). Slide WD_93_20 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.

Laucala pyroxenic.


References:

Temper Sands in Prehistoric Oceanian Pottery (Dickinson, W.)

215 Laucala, Fiji, 2002 (Dickinson, W.)