Site: Paradise

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

Lithology and Age: Cenozoic mafic-intermediate volcanic rocks ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 4034984       Wikidata ID: None       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Samoa Wikidata ID: Q683

Upolu Wikidata ID: Q274569

Samoan Islands Wikidata ID: Q162126


Volcanoes:

Upolu: Basalt / Picro-Basalt, Shield type, Shield.

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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
tpr290b 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 lathwork, vitric
Samoan crushed lathwork lithic 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Samoa

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_22_5 tpr290b (Samoan crushed lathwork lithic) Samoa Samoa Polynesian Plainware (2500 - 1700 BP) 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 microlitic, lathwork, vitric

WD_22_5

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Sherd 14-1 from Paradise (Upolu). Slide WD_22_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.

Lithics with plagioclase, pyroxene and olivine laths.


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