Site: Nalotu

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
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_2 tpr348f (Kadavu western pyroxenic) Nalotu 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, felsitic, lathwork
WD_65_3 tpr348f (Kadavu western pyroxenic) Nalotu 3 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 felsitic, vitric, lathwork
WD_65_4 tpr348f (Kadavu western pyroxenic) Nalotu 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, feslitic, lathwork
WD_65_5 tpr348f (Kadavu western pyroxenic) Nalotu 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 lathwork, felsitic, vitric

WD_65_2

Kadavu_NAL1 Kadavu_NAL1
Sherd NAL1 from Nalotu (Kadavu). Slide WD_65_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.

Pyroxene andesite. Has orthopyroxenes as well as clinopyroxene.


WD_65_3

Kadavu_NAL2 Kadavu_NAL2
Sherd NAL2 from Nalotu (Kadavu). Slide WD_65_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.

Pyroxene andesite. Has orthopyroxenes as well as clinopyroxene.


WD_65_4

Kadavu_NAL3 Kadavu_NAL3
Sherd NAL3 from Nalotu (Kadavu). Slide WD_65_4 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.

Pyroxene andesite temper. Has orthopyroxenes as well as clinopyroxene.


WD_65_5

Kadavu_NAL Kadavu_NAL
Sherd NAI from Nalotu (Kadavu). Slide WD_65_5 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.

Pyroxene andesite temper. Orthopyroxenes as well as clinopyroxene.


References:

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