Slide: FP_1_25

Indigenous Sigatoka sherds. Feldspars include K-feldspars as well as plagioclase. 1973 excavated samples.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr341e - Sigatoka quartzose E

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%
Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
0 3 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic

Images

Sigatoka_44b_4 Sigatoka_44b_4
Sherd 44b-4 from Sigatoka (Viti Levu). Slide FP_1_25 from Petchey Collection, Auckland University. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: 44b-4

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Sigatoka (Viti Levu)

Suspected origin site: Sigatoka

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