Fabric Code: tpr255

Epi mafic lithic

Rock fragments are mafic, with less felsic

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 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, vitric
Min 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 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_17 Epi (Epi) Epi 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic
WD_48_16 Epi (Epi) Epi 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, vitric

WD_48_17

EpiEP10 EpiEP10
Sherd EP10 from Epi (Epi). Slide WD_48_17 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.

Rock fragments are mafic, with less felsic.


WD_48_16

EpiEP9 EpiEP9
Sherd EP9 from Epi (Epi). Slide WD_48_16 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.

Rock fragments are mafic, with less felsic.


References:

255 Vanuatu, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)

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