Site: Rano

Island: Malakula


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
tpr250 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric
Malakula pyribole-poor 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 Vanuatu
tpr252 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric
Malakula hornblendic 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Vanuatu

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_49_1 tpr250 (Malakula pyribole-poor) Malakula 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 felsitic, microphaneritic
WD_49_18 tpr252 (Malakula hornblendic) Malakula 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 felsitic, microphaneritic

WD_49_1

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Sherd 632 from Rano (Malakula). Slide WD_49_1 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.

Lithic.


WD_49_18

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Sherd 642 from Rano (Malakula). Slide WD_49_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.

Hornblende, felsite and microdiorite.


References:

117 Vanuatu Report (Dickinson, W.)

180 Malakula, Vanuatu, 1999 (Dickinson, W.)

228 Vao Tempers, 2003 (Dickinson, W.)