Fabric Code: tpr293a

Samoan felsitic trachytic

Rock fragments are felsitic. Rare sanidine grains.

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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 felsitic
Min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 Samoa

Representative slides:

No representative slide details available.

References:

112 'Aoa Valley, Tutuila, American Samoa 1994 (Dickinson, W.)

Temper Sands in Prehistoric Oceanian Pottery (Dickinson, W.)