Slide: WD_92_20

Pyroxenic, mainly clinopyroxene.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr402 - Yasawa medially placered

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

Images

Yasawa_YE2 Yasawa_YE2
Sherd YE-2 from Yasawairara (Yasawa). Slide WD_92_20 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: YE-2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Yasawairara (Yasawa)

Suspected origin site: Yasawa

References:

252 Yasawa, Mananuka, Fiji, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)