Fabric Code: tpr146

Vella Lavella type A-hornblende-pyroxene

Hornblende-pyroxene. Beach origin. Mainly brown hornblende, but also green and oxyhornblende. Mildly to strongly placered hornblende-pyroxene sand temper.

Sites:

Mineral and Rock Abundances

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. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
Max 0 0 3 3 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, vitric
Min 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Solomons

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_78_2 Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella) Vella Lavella 0 0 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, felsitic
WD_78_3 Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella) Vella Lavella 0 0 2 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, felsitic
WD_78_4 Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella) Vella Lavella 0 0 3 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 felsitic, vitric
WD_78_8 Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella) Vella Lavella 0 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, vitric
WD_78_7 Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella) Vella Lavella 0 0 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, vitric
WD_78_9 Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella) Vella Lavella 0 0 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, felsitic

WD_78_2

Matusuroto_VL27_2 Matusuroto_VL27_2
Sherd VL27-2 from Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella). Slide WD_78_2 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.

Matusuroto site. Mainly brown hornblende, but also green and oxyhornblende. Mildly to strongly placered hornblende-pyroxene sand temper.


WD_78_3

Irigila_VL9_61 Irigila_VL9_61
Sherd VL9-61 from Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella). Slide WD_78_3 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Irigila site. Mainly brown hornblende, but also green and oxyhornblende. Mildly to strongly placered hornblende-pyroxene sand temper.


WD_78_4

Matusuroto_VL27_8 Matusuroto_VL27_8
Sherd VL27-8 from Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella). Slide WD_78_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.

Matusuroto site. Mainly brown hornblende, but also green and oxyhornblende. Mildly to strongly placered hornblende-pyroxene sand temper.


WD_78_8

Matusuroto_VL27_89 Matusuroto_VL27_89
Sherd VL27-89 from Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella). Slide WD_78_8 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.

Matusuroto site. Mainly brown hornblende, but also green and oxyhornblende. Mildly to strongly placered hornblende-pyroxene sand temper.


WD_78_7

Matusuroto_VL27_90 Matusuroto_VL27_90
Sherd VL27-90 from Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella). Slide WD_78_7 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.

Matusuroto site. Mainly brown hornblende, but also green and oxyhornblende. Mildly to strongly placered hornblende-pyroxene sand temper.


WD_78_9

Irigila_VL9_35 Irigila_VL9_35
Sherd VL9-35 from Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella). Slide WD_78_9 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.

Irigila site. Mainly brown hornblende, but also green and oxyhornblende. Mildly to strongly placered hornblende-pyroxene sand temper.


References:

293 Vella Lavella, Roviana, New Georgia group, Solomon, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)