Slide: WD_46_3

Quartzose-rich sand temper suggeting New Caledonian origin.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr230 - Exotic Efate metasedimentary quartzose

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
1 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 metavolcanic, tectonite

Images

Teouma_TCS21 Teouma_TCS21
Sherd TCS21 from Teouma (Efate). Slide WD_46_3 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.

Sherd: TCS21

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Teouma (Efate)

Suspected origin site: New Caledonia

References:

282 Teouma, Efate, Vanuatu, 2009 (Dickinson, W.)

277 Teouma, Efate, Vanuata, 2009 (see 282) (Dickinson, W.)

297b Teouma, Efate, Vanuatu, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)