Fabric Code: tpr375

Niuatoputapu lithic-placer

Pumiceous vitrics. Local.

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 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric
Min 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Tonga

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_69_30 Niuatoputapu (Niuatoputapu) Niuatoputapu 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric
WD_69_31 Niuatoputapu (Niuatoputapu) Niuatoputapu 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric

WD_69_30

Niuatoputapu_I Niuatoputapu_I
Sherd I from Niuatoputapu (Niuatoputapu). Slide WD_69_30 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.

Pumecious brown vitrics.


WD_69_31

Niuatoputapu_VIIa Niuatoputapu_VIIa
Sherd VIIa from Niuatoputapu (Niuatoputapu). Slide WD_69_31 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.

Brown vitric.


References:

071 Niuatoputapu, Tonga, 1978 (Dickinson, W.)