Site: Koumac

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

Lithology and Age: Cenozoic sedimentary rocks ( Chorlton (2007) ) Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 2140556 Wikidata ID: Q9725 Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: 205592

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.	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_10	tpr299 (New Caledonian lithic quartzose)	Grand Terre	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	quartzite, chert

WD_26_10

Wano_30_3 — Sherd 30-3 from Koumac (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_10 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.

Wano_30_3 — Sherd 30-3 from Koumac (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_10 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.

Said to be from Wattom-Wano.

References:

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