Slide: WD_57_16

Two kinds of volcanic glass, one being dark brown mafic volcanic glass, and the other being pale tan to colorless felsic volcanic glass.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr215 - Anomalous Santo 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. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 vitric

Images

SantoSAN9 SantoSAN9
Sherd SAN9 from Santo (Santo). Slide WD_57_16 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: SAN9

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Santo (Santo)

Suspected origin site: Vanuatu

References:

259 Santo, Vanuatu, 2007 (Dickinson, W.)