Fabric Code: tpr294c

Samoan basaltic lithic C

Lithic intergranular with minor hyalopilitic.

Fabric Class:

Lathwork: Dominated by lathwork inclusions.

Oceanic Basalt: Mainly contain olivines, clinopyroxenes and plagioclase, and have lathwork and mafic vitric 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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
Max	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	lathwork, microlitic
Min	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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_15	Tula (Tutuila)	Olomoana Mountain Tutuila	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	microlitic, lathwork
WD_79_16	Tula (Tutuila)	Olomoana Mountain Tutuila	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	lathwork, microlitic
WD_79_17	Tula (Tutuila)	Olomoana Mountain Tutuila	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	lathwork, microlitic

WD_79_15

Tula_139_15B — Sherd 139-15B from Tula (Tutuila). Slide WD_79_15 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_139_15B — Sherd 139-15B from Tula (Tutuila). Slide WD_79_15 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.

Intergranular with minor hyalopilitic

WD_79_16

Tula_142_16 — Sherd 142-16 from Tula (Tutuila). Slide WD_79_16 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_142_16 — Sherd 142-16 from Tula (Tutuila). Slide WD_79_16 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.

Intergranular with minor hyalopilitic.

WD_79_17

Tula_161_18Aa — Sherd 161-18A from Tula (Tutuila). Slide WD_79_17 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_161_18Aa — Sherd 161-18A from Tula (Tutuila). Slide WD_79_17 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.

Intergranular with minor hyalopilitic

References:

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