Slide: WD_22_22

Rocks have holocrystalline plagioclase-clinopyroxene groundmasses.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr295 - Samoan ferromagnesian beach

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 1 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 lathwork, microlitic

Images

Vaota_69_1 Vaota_69_1
Sherd 67-1 from Va'ota (Ofu). Slide WD_22_22 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: 67-1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Va'ota (Ofu)

Suspected origin site: Samoa

References:

139 Ofu, Manu'a, American Samoa, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)