Site: Tongoa

Island: Tongoa


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
tpr239 0 0 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, felsitic, microlitic
Shepherd feldspathic 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 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_47_21 tpr239 (Shepherd feldspathic) Shepherd Islands or Efate 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric
WD_47_20 tpr239 (Shepherd feldspathic) Efate-Shepherd Islands 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric

WD_47_21

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Sherd 729N from Tongoa (Tongoa). Slide WD_47_21 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.

Vitric.


WD_47_20

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Sherd 27-8 from Tongoa (Tongoa). Slide WD_47_20 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.

Found Tongoa (Shepherd Islands). Tan vitric.


References:

117 Vanuatu Report (Dickinson, W.)

25 in Garanger 1972 (Dickinson, W.)