Slide: WD_65_4

Pyroxene andesite temper. Has orthopyroxenes as well as clinopyroxene.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr348f - Kadavu western 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 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, feslitic, lathwork

Images

Kadavu_NAL3 Kadavu_NAL3
Sherd NAL3 from Nalotu (Kadavu). Slide WD_65_4 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: NAL3

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Nalotu (Kadavu)

Suspected origin site: Nalotu

References:

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