Fabric Code: tpr289

Savaii basaltic

Olivine microphenocrysts in lithics. Moderately well sorted, subrounded to rounded stream sand temper composed almost exclusively of basaltic lithic fragments

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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 lathwork, vitric
Min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 Samoa

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_25_20 Pulemelei (Savai'i) Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 lathwork, microlitic

WD_25_20

Pulemelei_7 Pulemelei_7
Sherd 7 from Pulemelei (Savai'i). Slide WD_25_20 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.

Basaltic rock.


References:

251 Pulemelei, Savai'I, Samoa, 2005 (Dickinson, W.)