Site: Nanumea

Island: Nanumea


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
tpr286 3 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, microlitic, lathwork
Exotic Nanumea hybrid 3 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Tuvalu

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_14_13 tpr286 (Exotic Nanumea hybrid) Viti Levu, Fiji 3 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, vitric, lathwork

WD_14_13

Nanumea_TANU Nanumea_TANU
Sherd TA-NU from Nanumea (Nanumea). Slide WD_14_13 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.

Calcareous-pyroxenic hybrid. Trace olivine. May be same as tpr288.


References:

168 Nanumea, Tuvalu, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)