Site: Nananu

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

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 2202135       Wikidata ID: Q2048028       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Viti Levu Group Wikidata ID: Q1778643

Fiji Wikidata ID: Q712

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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
tpr499 0 0 2 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric
Nananu pyroxenic 0 0 1 4 0 2 1 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_93_17 tpr499 (Nananu pyroxenic) Nananu 0 0 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, felsitic
WD_93_18 tpr499 (Nananu pyroxenic) Nananu 0 0 1 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, felsitic

WD_93_17

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Sherd 24-4 from Nananu (Nananu). Slide WD_93_17 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.

Pyroxenic.


WD_93_18

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Sherd 24-5 from Nananu (Nananu). Slide WD_93_18 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.

Nananu indigenous.


References:

Temper Sands in Prehistoric Oceanian Pottery (Dickinson, W.)