Slide: WD_50_10

Pale to dark brown particles of volcanic glass, typically microvesicular and commonly display the cuspate margins typical for ash particles.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr259 - Exotic Malakula vitric

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	vitric, microlitic

Images

Vao349_3 — Sherd 349-3 from Vao (Vao). Slide WD_50_10 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.

Vao349_3 — Sherd 349-3 from Vao (Vao). Slide WD_50_10 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: 349-3

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Vao (Vao)

Suspected origin site: Paama-Lopevi-Epi?

References:

117 Vanuatu Report (Dickinson, W.)

180 Malakula, Vanuatu, 1999 (Dickinson, W.)

228 Vao Tempers, 2003 (Dickinson, W.)