Site: Lelepa

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

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 2136522       Wikidata ID: Q1816654       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Shefa Province Wikidata ID: Q650617

Vanuatu Wikidata ID: Q686

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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
tpr235 0 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric
Efate lithic-poor 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Vanuatu

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_58_16 tpr235 (Efate lithic-poor) Efate Post-Lapita Efate and Shepherd Islands (2900 - 1200 BP) 0 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric

WD_58_16

Efate27_18 Efate27_18
Sherd 27-18 from Lelepa (Lelepa). Slide WD_58_16 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.

Feldspathic standard Efate.


References:

25 in Garanger 1972 (Dickinson, W.)