Slide: WD_48_11

Volcanic lithic fragments among which visibly microlitic grains (displaying plagioclase microlites embedded in volcanic glass) and with vitric lithic fragments (brown to red mafic glass) more abundant than felsitic grains.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr248 - Maskelyne 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
0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 microlitic, vitric, felsitic

Images

MaskelyneMK13 MaskelyneMK13
Sherd MK13 from Maskelyne Islands (Maskelyne Islands). Slide WD_48_11 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. 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: MK13

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Maskelyne Islands (Maskelyne Islands)

Suspected origin site: Maskelyne Islands

References:

255 Vanuatu, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)