Site: Hienghéne

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

Lithology and Age: Mesozoic-Cenozoic high pressure grade metasedimentary/metavolcanic schist. ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 2141047       Wikidata ID: Q33444987       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: 432703


In:

Grande Terre Island Wikidata ID: Q256293

North Province Wikidata ID: Q1612920

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
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

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_26_22 tpr302 (New Caledonian quartzose-ophiolitic) Grand Terre Podtanean (2900 - 2200 BP) 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 quartzite, amphibolite, plutonite, tectonite

WD_26_22

Wano_31_4 Wano_31_4
Sherd 31-4 from Hienghéne (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_22 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.

From Wattom-Wano.


References:

029 Wattom-Wano, New Caledonia 1970 (Dickinson, W.)

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