Fabric Code: tpr379

Vava'u pyroxenic

Has orthopyroxene and clinopyroxenes.

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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 3 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, felsitic, vitric
Min 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 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_71_16 Kapa (Kapa) Vava'u 0 0 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic
WD_71_23 Kapa (Kapa) Vava'u 1 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, vitric, felsitic

WD_71_16

Kapa_K8 Kapa_K8
Sherd K8 from Kapa (Kapa). Slide WD_71_16 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.

Plain. Pyroxenic.


WD_71_23

Kapa_36_7 Kapa_36_7
Sherd 36-7 from Kapa (Kapa). Slide WD_71_23 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.

Undecorated Lapitoid sherd. Pyroxenic.


References:

124 Kapa, Vava'u, Tonga, 1996 (Dickinson, W.)