Fabric Code: tpr398

Yasawa hybrid feldspathic

Type B3

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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 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, vitric, lathwork, felsitic
Min 3 0 4 1 1 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_97_23 Waya (Waya) Yasawa 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, vitric, lathwork, felsitic

WD_97_23

Yasawa_3001_3 Yasawa_3001_3
Sherd 1997-3001-3 from Waya (Waya). Slide WD_97_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.

Hybrid feldspathic.


References:

252 Yasawa, Mananuka, Fiji, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)