Fabric Code: tpr232

Exotic Efate feldspathic hornblendic

Hornblende-bearing volcanic sand temper exotic to Efate. Probably from Santo.

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 1 5 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, felsitic, microlitic
Min 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Vanuatu

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_46_11 Teouma (Efate) Santo 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic
WD_46_9 Teouma (Efate) Santo 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic

WD_46_11

Teouma_TCS1 Teouma_TCS1
Sherd TCS1 from Teouma (Efate). Slide WD_46_11 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.

Hornblende.


WD_46_9

Teouma_TI10 Teouma_TI10
Sherd TI10 from Teouma (Efate). Slide WD_46_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.

NEHT.


References:

255 Vanuatu, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)

282 Teouma, Efate, Vanuatu, 2009 (Dickinson, W.)

277 Teouma, Efate, Vanuata, 2009 (see 282) (Dickinson, W.)

297b Teouma, Efate, Vanuatu, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)