Site: Navua Delta

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

Lithology and Age: Mesozoic-Cenozoic (mafic-intermediate) volcanic rocks ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 2200478       Wikidata ID: None       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: 250094


In:

Viti Levu Island Wikidata ID: Q208198

Viti Levu Group Wikidata ID: Q1778643

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
tpr353 0 0 2 6 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
Navua pyroxenic 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fiji
tpr348b 4 0 5 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, lathwork, microlitic, vitric
Kadavu hornblendic 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Fiji

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_63_18 tpr348b (Kadavu hornblendic) Central Kadavu 0 0 4 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, lathwork, microlitic, vitric
WD_63_16 tpr353 (Navua pyroxenic) Navua 0 0 2 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
WD_63_19 tpr353 (Navua pyroxenic) Navua 0 0 2 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 vitric
WD_65_20 tpr353 (Navua pyroxenic) Navua 0 0 2 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric

WD_63_18

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Sherd 64-2 from Navua Delta (Viti Levu). Slide WD_63_18 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.

Hornblendic temper - with green, brown and oxy-hornblende. From Central Kadavu.


WD_63_16

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Sherd 64-1 from Navua Delta (Viti Levu). Slide WD_63_16 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Pyroxenic temper, mainly clinopyroxene but some orthopyroxene.


WD_63_19

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Sherd 64-5 from Navua Delta (Viti Levu). Slide WD_63_19 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.

Pyroxenic temper, mainly clinopyroxene but some orthopyroxene.


WD_65_20

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Sherd 64-4 from Navua Delta (Viti Levu). Slide WD_65_20 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.

Biotite containing pyroxenic fabric.


References:

144 Navua Delta, Viti Levu, Fiji, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)