Slide: WD_64_11

Pyroxene andesite. Only clinopyroxene not orthopyroxenes.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr348c - Kadavu pyroxenic

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 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 felsitic, vitric, microlitic

Images

Kadavu_TR3 Kadavu_TR3
Sherd TR3 from Tiliva (Kadavu). Slide WD_64_11 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: TR3

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Tiliva (Kadavu)

Suspected origin site: Tiliva

References:

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