Site: Matuku

Island: Matuku       Lithology: Limestone low island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 4032464       Wikidata ID: Q3711186       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Ha'apai Group Wikidata ID: Q612098

Kotu Group Wikidata ID: Q49296163

Tonga Wikidata ID: Q678

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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
tpr432 3 1 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, felsitic, microlitic
Tungua pyroxenic 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Tonga

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_69_43 tpr432 (Tungua pyroxenic) Ha'apai 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic

WD_69_43

Haapai_XII Haapai_XII
Sherd XII from Matuku (Matuku). Slide WD_69_43 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.

Pyroxenic temper.


References:

Archaeological Discoveries on Niuatoputapu Island Tonga (Rodgers, G.)