Fabric Code: tpr385

Vorovoro-Mali felsic hybrid

Indigenous to Mali or Vorovoro or the adjacent Vanua Levu coast. Has Late Lapita and later sherds.

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 4 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, felsitic, microlitic
Min 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 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_94_1 Vorovoro (Vorovoro) Vorovoro 4 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, felsitic, microlitic
WD_94_2 Vorovoro (Vorovoro) Vorovoro 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, felsitic

WD_94_1

Vorovoro_LIGA Vorovoro_LIGA
Sherd LIGA from Vorovoro (Vorovoro). Slide WD_94_1 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.

Felsic lithic pyroxenic temper.


WD_94_2

Vorovoro_VO530 Vorovoro_VO530
Sherd VO530 from Vorovoro (Vorovoro). Slide WD_94_2 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.

Late Lapita sherd. Possibly indigenous to Vorovoro.


References:

310 Nukubalavu, Natewa Bay, Vanua Levu, Fiji, 2014 (Dickinson, W.)

297 Vorovoro, Vanua Levu, Fiji, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)