Site: Vunisea

Island: Kadavu


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
tpr348b 4 0 5 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, lathwork, microlitic, vitric
Kadavu hornblendic 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Fiji

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_64_20 tpr348b (Kadavu hornblendic) Vunisea 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 felsitic, vitric, microlitic
WD_64_21 tpr348b (Kadavu hornblendic) Vunisea 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric
WD_64_22 tpr348b (Kadavu hornblendic) Vunisea 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric

WD_64_20

Kadavu_V1 Kadavu_V1
Sherd V1 from Vunisea (Kadavu). Slide WD_64_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.

Local hornblende andesite temper.


WD_64_21

Kadavu_V2 Kadavu_V2
Sherd V2 from Vunisea (Kadavu). Slide WD_64_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.

Local hornblende andesite temper.


WD_64_22

Kadavu_V3 Kadavu_V3
Sherd V3 from Vunisea (Kadavu). Slide WD_64_22 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.

Local hornblende andesite temper.


References:

284 Kadavu, Fiji, 2010 (Dickinson, W.)