Site: St Vincent Bay

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

Lithology and Age: Paleozoic-Mesozoic crystalline metamorphic and sedimentary rocks ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 2139198       Wikidata ID: None       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Grande Terre Island Wikidata ID: Q256293

South Province Wikidata ID: Q965632

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
tpr296 0 5 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 quartzite, amphibolite, tectonite, chert
New Caledonian quartzose 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 New Caledonia
tpr310a 0 2 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 vitric, plutonite, metavolcanic, amphibolite, quartzite, chert, phyllite
New Caledonian ultramafic 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 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_9 tpr296 (New Caledonian quartzose) Grand Terre 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 quartzite, chert
WD_26_25 tpr310a (New Caledonian ultramafic) Grand Terre 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 plutonite, vitric, metavolcanic

WD_26_9

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Sherd 30-1 from St Vincent Bay (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_9 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.

Possibly from site 'Wattom-Wano' instead.


WD_26_25

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Sherd 11-13 from St Vincent Bay (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_25 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.

Ophiolitic temper.


References:

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

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