Site: Maskelyne Islands

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

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 2136016       Wikidata ID: Q4283856       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Malampa Province Wikidata ID: Q740656

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
tpr260 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric
Malakula med lithic 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Vanuatu
tpr248 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 microlitic, vitric, felsitic
Maskelyne lithic 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 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_48_10 tpr260 (Malakula med lithic) Malakula 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric
WD_48_11 tpr248 (Maskelyne lithic) Maskelyne Islands 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 microlitic, vitric, felsitic
WD_48_12 tpr248 (Maskelyne lithic) Maskelyne Islands 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 microlitic, vitric, felsitic

WD_48_10

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Sherd MK17 from Maskelyne Islands (Maskelyne Islands). Slide WD_48_10 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.

Lithic, primarily felsitic.


WD_48_11

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Sherd MK13 from Maskelyne Islands (Maskelyne Islands). Slide WD_48_11 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.

Volcanic lithic fragments among which visibly microlitic grains (displaying plagioclase microlites embedded in volcanic glass) and with vitric lithic fragments (brown to red mafic glass) more abundant than felsitic grains.


WD_48_12

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Sherd MK14 from Maskelyne Islands (Maskelyne Islands). Slide WD_48_12 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.

Microlitic, vitric and felsitic lithics.


References:

255 Vanuatu, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)