Fabric Code: tpr294b

Samoan basaltic lithic B

Sand temper composed exclusively of intersertal-to-intergranular VRF grains without microphenocrysts but with oriented fluidal fabrics, perhaps deriving from hawaiite or mugearite rather than basalt.

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
Max	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	microlitic
Min	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	Samoa

Representative slides:

Slide	Site	Possible Origin	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
WD_79_10	Tula (Tutuila)	Olomoana Mountain Tutuila	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	microlitic
WD_79_11	Tula (Tutuila)	Olomoana Mountain Tutuila	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	microlitic
WD_79_9	Tula (Tutuila)	Olomoana Mountain Tutuila	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	microlitic, lathwork

WD_79_10

Tula_182_21D — Sherd 182-21D from Tula (Tutuila). Slide WD_79_10 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.

Tula_182_21D — Sherd 182-21D from Tula (Tutuila). Slide WD_79_10 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.

Intersertal to intergranular (fluidal fabric).

WD_79_11

Tula_182_21B — Sherd 182-21B from Tula (Tutuila). Slide WD_79_11 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.

Tula_182_21B — Sherd 182-21B from Tula (Tutuila). Slide WD_79_11 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.

Intersertal to intergranular (fluidal fabric).

WD_79_9

Tula_182_21H — Sherd 182-21H from Tula (Tutuila). Slide WD_79_9 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.

Tula_182_21H — Sherd 182-21H from Tula (Tutuila). Slide WD_79_9 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.

Intersertal to intergranular (fluidal fabric).

References:

298 Tula, Tutuila, American Samoa, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)