Slide: WD_65_1

Hornblende andesite. More hornblende than oxyhornblende.

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 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric

Images

Kadavu_GA10 Kadavu_GA10
Sherd GAL from Galoa Island (Galoa). Slide WD_65_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: GAL

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Galoa Island (Galoa)

Suspected origin site: Central Kadavu

References:

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