Fabric Code: tpr365a

Mago feldspathic

Less placered. Maybe local, maybe part of kedekede tempers. Red-brown vitrics.

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 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, vitric
Min 0 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Fiji

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_67_14 Mago (Mago) Mago 0 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, microlitic

WD_67_14

Mago_VOT4 Mago_VOT4
Sherd VOT4 from Mago (Mago). Slide WD_67_14 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.

Non-placer indigenous temper.


References:

160 Mago, Lau, Fiji, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)