Slide: WD_64_1

More hornblende than oxyhornblende. Some augite and biotite.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr348b - Kadavu hornblendic

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 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic,, microlitic, vitric

Images

Kadavu_YL2 Kadavu_YL2
Sherd YL2 from Yaukuvelevu (Yaukuvelevu). Slide WD_64_1 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: YL2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Yaukuvelevu (Yaukuvelevu)

Suspected origin site: Central Kadavu

References:

284 Kadavu, Fiji, 2010 (Dickinson, W.)