Site: Boyen-Taom

Island: Grand Terre

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
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

Slides:

Slide	Fabric	Possible Origin	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
WD_26_15	tpr299 (New Caledonian lithic quartzose)	Grand Terre	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	metavolcanic, amphibolite, tectonite, quartzite

WD_26_15

NewCal_11_1 — Sherd 11-1 from Boyen-Taom (Grand Terre). Slide WD_26_15 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.

NewCal_11_1 — Sherd 11-1 from Boyen-Taom (Grand Terre). Slide WD_26_15 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 serpentite.

References:

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