Slide: FP_1_38

Indigenous Sigatoka sherds. Feldspars include K-feldspars as well as plagioclase. 1993 excavated samples.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr341f - Sigatoka quartzose F

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 3 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic

Images

Sigatoka_pot2_c27 Sigatoka_pot2_c27
Sherd pot2-c27 from Sigatoka (Viti Levu). Slide FP_1_38 from Petchey Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Sherd: pot2-c27

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Sigatoka (Viti Levu)

Suspected origin site: Sigatoka

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