Site: Lizard Island

Island: Lizard Island


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
tpr204 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
Lizard Island granitic 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Australia
tpr205 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
Lizard Island hybrid 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Australia
tpr206 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, lathwork, microlitic, felsitic, plutonite
Exotic Lizard Island 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Australia

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_83_7 tpr204 (Lizard Island granitic) Lizard Island 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_12 tpr204 (Lizard Island granitic) Lizard Island 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_19 tpr204 (Lizard Island granitic) Lizard Island 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_21 tpr204 (Lizard Island granitic) Lizard Island 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_22 tpr204 (Lizard Island granitic) Lizard Island 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_8 tpr204 (Lizard Island granitic) Lizard Island 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_3 tpr205 (Lizard Island hybrid) Lizard Island 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_16 tpr205 (Lizard Island hybrid) Lizard Island 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_17 tpr205 (Lizard Island hybrid) Lizard Island 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_5 tpr205 (Lizard Island hybrid) Lizard Island 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_15 tpr205 (Lizard Island hybrid) Lizard Island 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_1 tpr205 (Lizard Island hybrid) Lizard Island 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_14 tpr205 (Lizard Island hybrid) Lizard Island 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_24 tpr206 (Exotic Lizard Island) central Vanuatu? 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, lathwork, microlitic, felsitic, plutonite

WD_83_7

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Terrigenous (non-calcareous granitic) sand temper.


WD_83_12

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Granitic mainly quartz with and feldspar with minor micaceous.


WD_83_19

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High-tide forebeach sand from Mangrove Bay. Coarse sand which lacks calcareous constituents.


WD_83_21

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Burnt sand fragment from Midden 17 surface at one-tree coconut beach. Sand containing terrigenous quartzose with minor feldspar, mica, chert and polycrystalline lithic fragments.


WD_83_22

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Clay sample with sandy impurities from airport-research road cutting. Sand containing terrigenous quartzose with minor feldspar, mica, chert and polycrystalline lithic fragments.


WD_83_8

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Terrigenous (non-calcareous granitic) sand temper.


WD_83_3

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Calcareous hybrid.


WD_83_16

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Fine intertidal sand from Watson's Bay. Hybrid sand composed of mixed terrigenous detritus and calcareous debris.


WD_83_17

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High-tide fine sand from Mermaid Beach. Hybrid sand composed of mixed terrigenous detritus and calcareous debris.


WD_83_5

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Thin potsherd. Well sorted and subrounded hybrid sand composed of ~25% terrigenous detritus and ~75% calcareous reef debris.


WD_83_15

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Fine forebeach sand from Watson's Bay. Hybrid sand composed of mixed terrigenous detritus and calcareous debris.


WD_83_1

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Hybrid terrigenous (granitic)-calcareous sand temper.


WD_83_14

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Silty-sandy sediment from mangrove fringe of Mangrove Bay. Hybrid sand in which terrigenous grains are more abundant than calcareous grains.


WD_83_24

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Dominant clinopyroxene over minor hornblende, coupled with the absence of either olivine or orthopyroxene. Exotic.


References:

317 Lizard Island, Queensland, 2014 (Dickinson, W.)

256 Lizard Island, Queensland, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)

137 Banks Island, Vanuatu 1997 (Dickinson, W.)