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% |
Name | Cal. | Quartz | Feldspar | Pyroxene | Amphibole | Opaques | Olivine | Biotite | Muscovite | Epidote | Garnet/ Spinel | Ig./Met. Rocks | Sed. Rocks | Grog | Lithics/ Region |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Max | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | microlitic, felsitic, microphaneritic, chert |
Min | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bismarck |
Slide | Site | Possible Origin | Cal. | Quartz | Feldspar | Pyroxene | Amphibole | Opaques | Olivine | Biotite | Muscovite | Epidote | Garnet/ Spinel | Ig./Met. Rocks | Sed. Rocks | Grog | Lithics |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WD_32_24 | Nissan (Nissan) | New Ireland or Central Solomons | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | microlitic, felsitic, microphaneritic, chert |
WD_38_3 | Nissan (Nissan) | New Ireland | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | microlitic, felsitic, microphaneritic |
WD_38_1 | Nissan (Nissan) | New Ireland | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | microlitic, felsitic, microphaneritic |
WD_38_2 | Nissan (Nissan) | New Ireland | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | microlitic, felsitic, microphaneritic |
WD_38_7 | Nissan (Nissan) | New Ireland | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | microlitic, felsitic, microphaneritic |
Chert/metachert, quartzose/quartzite, felsite, and siltstone present. Some plagioclase altered albite.
Feldspathic sand temper.
Feldspathic.
Feldspathic sand temper.
Feldspathic.