Fabric Code: tpr248

Maskelyne lithic

Volcanic lithic fragments among which visibly microlitic grains (displaying plagioclase microlites embedded in volcanic glass) and with vitric lithic fragments (brown to red mafic glass) more abundant than felsitic grains.

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 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 microlitic, vitric, felsitic
Min 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 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_48_11 Maskelyne Islands (Maskelyne Islands) Maskelyne Islands 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 microlitic, vitric, felsitic
WD_48_12 Maskelyne Islands (Maskelyne Islands) Maskelyne Islands 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 microlitic, vitric, felsitic

WD_48_11

MaskelyneMK13 MaskelyneMK13
Sherd MK13 from Maskelyne Islands (Maskelyne Islands). Slide WD_48_11 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.

Volcanic lithic fragments among which visibly microlitic grains (displaying plagioclase microlites embedded in volcanic glass) and with vitric lithic fragments (brown to red mafic glass) more abundant than felsitic grains.


WD_48_12

MaskelyneMK14 MaskelyneMK14
Sherd MK14 from Maskelyne Islands (Maskelyne Islands). Slide WD_48_12 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.

Microlitic, vitric and felsitic lithics.


References:

255 Vanuatu, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)

311 Ambae, Erromango, Vanuatu, 2014 (Dickinson, W.)