Site: Tagape

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: 2198023       Wikidata ID: None       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


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

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_56_4 tprx (temporary holding fabric) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_56_5 tprx (temporary holding fabric) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_56_6 tprx (temporary holding fabric) ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

WD_56_4

Tagaqe_T1 Tagaqe_T1
Sherd T1 from Tagape (Viti Levu). Slide WD_56_4 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.

Unclassified calcareous hybrid fabric.


WD_56_5

Tagaqe_T2 Tagaqe_T2
Sherd T2 from Tagape (Viti Levu). Slide WD_56_5 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.

Uncharacterised felsitic fabric.


WD_56_6

Tagaqe_T3 Tagaqe_T3
Sherd T3 from Tagape (Viti Levu). Slide WD_56_6 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.

Uncharacterised felsitic lithic fabric.


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