Site: Mono Island

Island: Mono       Lithology: Composite high island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology: Andesite and basalt volcanics and limestone ( Dickinson (2006) )

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 2105605       Wikidata ID: Q1502653       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1008199

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Treasury Islands Wikidata ID: Q1187334

Western Province Wikidata ID: Q150325

Solomon Islands Wikidata ID: Q685

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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
tpr110 0 1 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic
Shortland feldspathic 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Solomons

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_103_11 tpr110 (Shortland feldspathic) Bougainville/SI Late Shortland (300 - 0 BP) 0 0 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic
WD_103_2 tpr110 (Shortland feldspathic) Bougainville/SI Middle Shortland (1000 - 300 BP) 0 0 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic

WD_103_11

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Sherd M2 from Mono Island (Mono). Slide WD_103_11 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.

Late Period Ware. Feldspathic sands in which plagioclase mineral grains of volcanic derivation form the predominant grain type. Distinguised from others by the green hornblende lacking brown pleochromic tints.


WD_103_2

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Sherd M1 from Mono Island (Mono). Slide WD_103_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.

Middle Period Ware. Feldspathic sands in which plagioclase mineral grains of volcanic derivation form the predominant grain type. Distinguised from others by the green hornblende lacking brown pleochromic tints.


References:

033 Shortland Islands, Solomon 1971 (Dickinson, W.)