Slide: WD_34_23

Green hornblende.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr138 - Exotic Kolombangara hornblendic-hypabassal

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 2 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 microphaneritic

Images

Kolombangara_BN_9_A_72 Kolombangara_BN_9_A_72
Sherd BN-9-A-72 from Kolombangara (Kolombangara). Slide WD_34_23 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: BN-9-A-72

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Kolombangara (Kolombangara)

Suspected origin site: exotic

References:

042 Kolombongara, Solomon 1972 (Dickinson, W.)