Site: Muani

Island: Kadavu


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
tpr348a 1 0 5 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, felsitic
Kadavu biotite 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Fiji
tpr348f 3 0 4 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 lathwork, vitric, felsitic, microlitic
Kadavu western pyroxenic 0 0 2 1 1 1 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_65_13 tpr348a (Kadavu biotite) Western Kadavu 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 felsitic, vitric
WD_65_14 tpr348a (Kadavu biotite) Western Kadavu 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, vitric
WD_65_12 tpr348f (Kadavu western pyroxenic) Muani 5 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, felsitic, lathwork

WD_65_13

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Sherd MU2 from Muani (Kadavu). Slide WD_65_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.

Biotite andesite. Has oxyhornblende, from non-local place on western Kadavu.


WD_65_14

Kadavu_MU3 Kadavu_MU3
Sherd MU3 from Muani (Kadavu). Slide WD_65_14 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.

Biotite andesite, from non-local site in Western Kadavu. Oxyhornblende as well as hornblende.


WD_65_12

Kadavu_MU1 Kadavu_MU1
Sherd MU1 from Muani (Kadavu). Slide WD_65_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.

Western Kadavu pyroxene andesite. Has orthopyroxene as well as clinopyroxene.


References:

284 Kadavu, Fiji, 2010 (Dickinson, W.)