Fabric Code: tpr432

Tungua pyroxenic

Orthopyroxene as well as clinopyroxene.

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 3 1 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, felsitic, microlitic
Min 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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_73_13 Tungua (Tungua) Ha'apai 0 0 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, felsitic, vitric
WD_73_14 Tungua (Tungua) Ha'apai 3 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic, felsitic, vitric
WD_69_37 Tungua (Tungua) Ha'apai 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, vitric
WD_69_43 Matuku (Matuku) Ha'apai 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic

WD_73_13

Tungua_39_3 Tungua_39_3
Sherd 39-3 from Tungua (Tungua). Slide WD_73_13 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.

Pyroxenic.


WD_73_14

Tungua_39_4 Tungua_39_4
Sherd 39-4 from Tungua (Tungua). Slide WD_73_14 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.

Pyroxenic.


WD_69_37

Haapai_XIII Haapai_XIII
Sherd XIII from Tungua (Tungua). Slide WD_69_37 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.

Pyroxenic.


WD_69_43

Haapai_XII Haapai_XII
Sherd XII from Matuku (Matuku). Slide WD_69_43 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.

Pyroxenic temper.


References:

037 Vava'u, Ha'apai, Tongatapu, Tonga 1972 (Dickinson, W.)