Site: Mauke

Island: Mauke       Lithology: Composite low island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 4035646       Wikidata ID: Q511978       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1008091

Mindat Loc ID: 405575


In:

Southern Cook Islands Wikidata ID: Q11826289

Cook Islands Wikidata ID: Q26988

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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
tpr425 0 1 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, felsitic
Exotic Mauke 0 1 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Cook

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_72_13 tpr425 (Exotic Mauke) Tonga 0 1 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, felsitic

WD_72_13

Anaio_501 Anaio_501
Sherd 501 from Mauke (Mauke). Slide WD_72_13 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.

Exotic pyroxenic. Possibly from Tongatapu.


References:

095 Mauke, Cook, 1988 (Dickinson, W.)