Site: Taveuni

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

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 4035893       Wikidata ID: Q1138545       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1009396

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Vanua Levu Group Wikidata ID: Q2756586

Fiji Wikidata ID: Q712


Volcanoes:

Taveuni: 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
tpr500 0 0 2 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
Taveuni pyroxenic 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Fiji

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_93_13 tpr500 (Taveuni pyroxenic) Taveuni 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
WD_93_14 tpr500 (Taveuni pyroxenic) Taveuni 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
WD_93_15 tpr500 (Taveuni pyroxenic) Taveuni 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric

WD_93_13

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Sherd 23-2 from Taveuni (Taveuni). Slide WD_93_13 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.

Pyroxenic but the lack of olivine is unexpected for Taveuni.


WD_93_14

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Sherd 23-3 from Taveuni (Taveuni). Slide WD_93_14 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.

Indigenous but lacking olivines.


WD_93_15

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Sherd 23-5 from Taveuni (Taveuni). Slide WD_93_15 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.


References:

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