Site: Muyua

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

Lithology and Age: Cenozoic sedimentary rocks ( Chorlton (2007) ) Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 2090163 Wikidata ID: Q1304737 Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1008257

Mindat Loc ID: 256916

In:

Milne Bay Province Wikidata ID: Q874962

Woodlark Islands Wikidata ID: Q15061978

Louisiade Archipelago Wikidata ID: Q1127200

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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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
tpr186	0	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	microphaneritic
Muyua/Woodlark quartzose-feldspathic	0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	PNG

Slides:

Slide	Fabric	Possible Origin	Ware	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
WD_41_2	tpr186 (Muyua/Woodlark quartzose-feldspathic)	Muyua		0	4	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	microphaneritic
WD_41_3	tpr186 (Muyua/Woodlark quartzose-feldspathic)	Muyua		0	4	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	microphaneritic

WD_41_2

Muyua63_2 — Sherd 63-2 from Muyua (Muyua). Slide WD_41_2 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.

Moderately sorted, fine- to medium-grained, subangular to subrounded quartzo-feldspathic temper sands in which both kinds of feldspar and microphaneritic igneous rock fragments are prominent.

WD_41_3

Sherd Muyua from Muyua (Muyua). Slide WD_41_3 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.