Slide: SB_6_6

Altered hornblendes. Not local.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr490 - Exotic Lakeba pyroxenic amphibolic

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
1 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, microlitic

Images

Lakeba_6v6_a Lakeba_6v6_a
Sherd 47_17_A1 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_6_6 from Best Collection, Auckland University. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: 47_17_A1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Lakeba (Lakeba)

Suspected origin site: Unknown

References:

Best 1984 Lakeba: the Prehistory of a Fijian Island. PhD Thesis University of Auckland (Best, S)