Site: Yadua

Island: Viti Levu       Lithology: Composite high island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 2194303       Wikidata ID: None       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Viti Levu Island Wikidata ID: Q208198

Viti Levu Group Wikidata ID: Q1778643

Fiji Wikidata ID: Q712

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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
tpr343a 1 4 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 felsitic, microphaneritic, chert, argillitic
Yanuca felsitic 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 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_63_21 tpr343a (Yanuca felsitic) Yanuca 0 4 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 microphaneritic, felsitic, microlitic, siltstone, argillitic, chert

WD_63_21

Yadua_73_4_4 Yadua_73_4_4
Sherd 73 4-1 from Yadua (Viti Levu). Slide WD_63_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.

Lapita sherd. Orogen temper.


References:

216 Yadua, Viti Levu, Fiji, 2002 (Dickinson, W.)