Site: Yaukuvelevu

Island: Yaukuvelevu


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
tpr348d 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric
Kadavu augite andesite 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 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_1 tpr348b (Kadavu hornblendic) Central Kadavu 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic,, microlitic, vitric
WD_64_2 tpr348d (Kadavu augite andesite) Yaukuvelevu 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric

WD_64_1

Kadavu_YL2 Kadavu_YL2
Sherd YL2 from Yaukuvelevu (Yaukuvelevu). Slide WD_64_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.

More hornblende than oxyhornblende. Some augite and biotite.


WD_64_2

Kadavu_YL3 Kadavu_YL3
Sherd YL3 from Yaukuvelevu (Yaukuvelevu). Slide WD_64_2 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.

Augite andesite.


References:

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