Site: Malau

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

Lithology and Age: Cenozoic mafic-felsic mixed volcanic rocks ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 11812761       Wikidata ID: None       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Vanua Levu Group Wikidata ID: Q2756586

Vanna Levu Island Wikidata ID: Q327733

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
tpr360 0 0 2 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, vitric
Vanua Levu opaque 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 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_66_2 tpr360 (Vanua Levu opaque) Vanua Levu 0 0 2 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, vitric

WD_66_2

VanuaLevu_VLM VanuaLevu_VLM
Sherd VLM from Malau (Vanua Levu). Slide WD_66_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.

Opaques dominate.


References:

136 Vanua Levu, Fiji 1997 (Dickinson, W.)