Site: Kabara

Island: Kabara       Lithology: Composite high island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology and Age: None ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 4036160       Wikidata ID: Q1307352       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1007618

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Lau Group Wikidata ID: Q1062438

Fiji Wikidata ID: Q712

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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
tpr364 0 0 2 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 lathwork
Kedekeke pyroxenic 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Fiji

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
SB38_2_11 tpr364 (Kedekeke pyroxenic) Lau 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 lathwork
SB38_2_19 tpr364 (Kedekeke pyroxenic) Lau 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 lathwork
SB38_2_16 tpr364 (Kedekeke pyroxenic) Lau 0 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 lathwork

SB38_2_11

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Sherd KAB1 from Kabara (Kabara). Slide SB38_2_11 from Best Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Kendekeke temper. Has olivines.


SB38_2_19

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Sherd KAB9 from Kabara (Kabara). Slide SB38_2_19 from Best Collection, Auckland University. 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 slightly different values from most of the Kedekede tempers.


SB38_2_16

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Sherd KAB6 from Kabara (Kabara). Slide SB38_2_16 from Best Collection, Auckland University. 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 less pyroxenes and more lithics, than most Kendekeke tempers.


References:

076 Progress report on origin of Kendekende tamper in Lau (Dickinson, W.)