Fabric Code: tpr291b

Samoan calcareous

Altered red vitric, picritic basaltic lithics. More clinopyroxene than olivine.

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 6 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 lathwork, vitric
Min 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 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
FP_1_2 Mulifanua (Upolu) Upolu 5 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 lathwork, vitric
FP_1_14 Mulifanua (Upolu) Upolu 6 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 lathwork, vitric
WD_24_18 To'aga (Ofu) Samoa 6 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 lathwork, microlitic

FP_1_2

Mulifanna_22v21 Mulifanna_22v21
Sherd 22-21 from Mulifanua (Upolu). Slide FP_1_2 from Petchey Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Decorated reduced sherd. Contains deliberately added shell.


FP_1_14

Mulifanna_30v3 Mulifanna_30v3
Sherd 30-3 from Mulifanua (Upolu). Slide FP_1_14 from Petchey Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Decorated body oxidised sherd. Vitrophytic basaltic lithics with some altered red glass. Shell not deliberately added.


WD_24_18

Toaga_MAS_30 Toaga_MAS_30
Sherd 30 from To'aga (Ofu). Slide WD_24_18 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.

Calcareous temper.


References:

098 Toaga, Ofu Island, Manua Group, American Samoa 1990 (Dickinson, W.)

Petchey MA Thesis 1995 (Petchey, F.)