Slide: FP_1_4

Decorated sherd. Oxidised. Olivine is altered to iddingsite. Less olivine than pyroxene. Picritic basalt fragments with reddish glass. Tuff.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr291 - Samoan lithic

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%
Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 lathwork, vitric

Images

Mulifanna_22v46 Mulifanna_22v46
Sherd 22-46 from Mulifanua (Upolu). Slide FP_1_4 from Petchey Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Sherd: 22-46

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Mulifanua (Upolu)

Suspected origin site: Upolu

References:

Petchey MA Thesis 1995 (Petchey, F.)