Site: Bourail

Island: Grande Terre       Lithology: Continental island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology and Age: Paleozoic-Mesozoic crystalline metamorphic and sedimentary rocks ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 2139708       Wikidata ID: Q33425690       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: 361397


In:

Grande Terre Island Wikidata ID: Q256293

South Province Wikidata ID: Q965632

New Caledonia Wikidata ID: Q33788

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Fabrics:

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
tpr296 0 5 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 quartzite, amphibolite, tectonite, chert
New Caledonian quartzose 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 New Caledonia
tpr297 6 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 quartzite, chert, amphibolite
New Caledonian hybrid quartzose 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Caledonia
tpr299 0 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 6 0 chert, quartzite, tectonite, argillitic, amphibolite
New Caledonian lithic quartzose 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 New Caledonia
tpr301 6 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 chert, tectonite, quartzite, vitric
New Caledonian hybrid lithic quartzose 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 New Caledonia
tpr302 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 quartzite, amphibolite, plutonite, tectonite
New Caledonian quartzose-ophiolitic 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 New Caledonia
tpr303 5 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 quartzite, tectonite, microphaneritic, amphibolite, plutonite, chert
New Caledonian hybrid quartzose-ophiolitic 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 New Caledonia

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_26_8 tpr299 (New Caledonian lithic quartzose) Grand Terre 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 5 0 metavolcanic, amphibolite, tectonite, quartzite
WD_26_19 tpr302 (New Caledonian quartzose-ophiolitic) Grand Terre 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 quartzite, amphibolite, plutonite, tectonite

WD_26_8

NewCal_11_5 NewCal_11_5
Sherd 11-5 from Bourail (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_8 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.

Has chrome spinel, serpentinite and schist.


WD_26_19

NewCal_11_3 NewCal_11_3
Sherd 11-3 from Bourail (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_19 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.

Quartz-ophiolitic.


References:

007 New Caledonia, misc 1966 (Dickinson, W.)

003 Site 13, New Caledonia, 1966 (Dickinson, W.)

008 Summary of New Caledonian Tempers. (Dickinson, W.)

Petrologic Character and Geologic Sources of Sand Tempers in Prehistoric New Caledonian Pottery (Dickinson, W.)