Slide: WD_14_11

Has microgranular hypabyssal lithics as at Navatu, Fiji

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr287 - Exotic Vaitupu placer

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
0 0 3 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microphanertic, vitric, microlitic, lathwork

Images

Temei_53_2 Temei_53_2
Sherd 53-2 from Vaitupu (Vaitupu). Slide WD_14_11 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.

Sherd: 53-2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Vaitupu (Vaitupu)

Suspected origin site: Navatu, Viti Levu, Fiji

References:

092 Vaitupu, Tuvalu 1986 (Dickinson, W.)