Site: Wabao

Island: Maré       Lithology: Limestone high island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

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

Near/In Geonames ID: 2137739       Wikidata ID: None       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Loyalty Islands Wikidata ID: Q913470

Mare Island Wikidata ID: Q9729

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
tpr302 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 quartzite, amphibolite, plutonite, tectonite
New Caledonian quartzose-ophiolitic 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 New Caledonia
tpr306 0 0 2 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 metavolcanic, vitric, plutonite
New Caledonian basaltic placer 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 New Caledonia

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_27_18 tpr302 (New Caledonian quartzose-ophiolitic) Grand Terre 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 quartzite, metavolcanic, plutonite, vitric
WD_27_19 tpr302 (New Caledonian quartzose-ophiolitic) Grand Terre 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 metavolcanic, quartzite, vitric, plutonite
WD_27_20 tpr306 (New Caledonian basaltic placer) Grand Terre 0 0 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 metavolcanic, lathwork, vitric, plutonite
WD_27_21 tpr306 (New Caledonian basaltic placer) Grand Terre 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 metavolcanic, lathwork, vitric, plutonite
WD_27_22 tpr306 (New Caledonian basaltic placer) Grand Terre 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 metavolcanic, vitric, lathwork, plutonite

WD_27_18

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Sherd 52-8 from Wabao (Maré). Slide WD_27_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.

Quartz-ophiolitic.


WD_27_19

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Sherd 52-9 from Wabao (Maré). Slide WD_27_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.

Quartz-ophiolitic.


WD_27_20

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Sherd 52-10 from Wabao (Maré). Slide WD_27_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.

Ophiolitic.


WD_27_21

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Sherd 52-12 from Wabao (Maré). Slide WD_27_21 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.

Ophiolitic.


WD_27_22

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Sherd 52-13 from Wabao (Maré). Slide WD_27_22 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.


References:

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