Fabric Code: tpr148

Vella Lavella type C-green hornblendic

Green-hornblendic. Variably placered green-hornblendic 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 5 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, vitric
Min 0 0 3 0 2 1 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_17 Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella) Vella Lavella 0 0 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, vitric
WD_78_18 Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella) Vella Lavella 0 0 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, felsitic
WD_78_15 Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella) Vella Lavella 0 0 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, felsitic

WD_78_17

Totutotu_VL30_105 Totutotu_VL30_105
Sherd VL30-105 from Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella). Slide WD_78_17 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.

Totutotu site. Variably placered green-hornblendic sand temper.


WD_78_18

Totutotu_VL30_121 Totutotu_VL30_121
Sherd VL30-121 from Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella). Slide WD_78_18 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.

Totutotu site. Variably placered green-hornblendic sand temper.


WD_78_15

Matusuroto_VL27_36 Matusuroto_VL27_36
Sherd VL27-36 from Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella). Slide WD_78_15 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.

Matusuroto site. Variably placered green-hornblendic sand temper.


References:

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