Slide: WD_52_3

Poorly sorted, subangular to subrounded volcanic sand temper probably representing natural temper embedded in sandy clay bodies collected from slightly reworked colluvium or ravine fillings on inland flanks of island volcanoes, contains clinopyroxene and plagioclase feldspar typical of sands derived from bedrock volcanic assemblages of basalt and mafic andesite. Abundant polycrystalline lithic fragments of: (a)microlitic grains with plagioclase laths or microlites, and (b) vitrics.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr256 - Banks volcanic

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 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, microlitic

Images

Pakea58_3 Pakea58_3
Sherd 58-3 from Pakea Islet (Kwakea). Slide WD_52_3 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: 58-3

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Pakea Islet (Kwakea)

Suspected origin site: Banks

References:

261 Banks, Vanuatu, 2007 (Dickinson, W.)

137 Banks Island, Vanuatu 1997 (Dickinson, W.)