Fabric Code: tpr28

Saipan andesitic

Quartz-free andesitic temper sands. Clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene present.

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 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic
Min 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 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_4_11 Alamagan (Nwc) (Alamagan) Saipan 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic

WD_4_11

AlamaganA_4 AlamaganA_4
Sherd A-4 from Alamagan (NWC) (Alamagan). Slide WD_4_11 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.

Coarse temper. Quartz-free andesitic temper sands. Probably from Saipan as orthopyroxene present.


References:

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