Site: Makian

Island: Makian       Lithology: NA ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 1636770       Wikidata ID: Q24879441       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

North Maluku Province Wikidata ID: Q5094


Volcanoes:

Kie Besi: Andesite / Basaltic Andesite, Composite type, Stratovolcano.

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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
tpr83 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, lathwork
Halmahera volcanic 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Maluku

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_20_21 tpr83 (Halmahera volcanic) Halmahera 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, microlitic
WD_20_20 tpr83 (Halmahera volcanic) Halmahera 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, lathwork

WD_20_21

Halmahera_74_2 Halmahera_74_2
Sherd 74-2 from Makian (Makian). Slide WD_20_21 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Well sorted and variably abraded volcanic sand temper. Plagioclase, varied lithics, clinopyroxene, opaques, hornblende.


WD_20_20

Halmahera_74_1 Halmahera_74_1
Sherd 74-1 from Makian (Makian). Slide WD_20_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.

Volcanic sand temper.


References:

220 Aru, Halmahera, 2002 (Dickinson, W.)