Slide: WD_76_22

Strongly placered pyroxenic sand temper.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr361 - Vanua Levu 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 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, vitric

Images

Nukubalava_44_1 Nukubalava_44_1
Sherd NB-44-1 from Nukubalavu (Vanua Levu). Slide WD_76_22 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: NB-44-1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Nukubalavu (Vanua Levu)

Suspected origin site: Vanua Levu

References:

310 Nukubalavu, Natewa Bay, Vanua Levu, Fiji, 2014 (Dickinson, W.)