Fabric Code: tpr25

Guam vitric

Just vitric rock fragments and some opaques.

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 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 vitric
Min 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 Marianas

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_8_3 Rota (Nec) (Rota) Guam 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 vitric

WD_8_3

NECRotaR19 NECRotaR19
Sherd NECRotaR19 from Rota (NEC) (Rota). Slide WD_8_3 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Poorly sorted, subangular to subrounded, andesitic volcanic sand temper rich in glassy volcanic rock fragments of tan to brown hues in thin section.


References:

323 Mariana, reports 1-15 for MTAT, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)