Slide: WD_63_4

Dissected orogen temper.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr351b - Exotic Vuda quartzose pyroxenic

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 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic

Images

Vuda_18_5 Vuda_18_5
Sherd 18-5 from Vuda (Viti Levu). Slide WD_63_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.

Sherd: 18-5

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Vuda (Viti Levu)

Suspected origin site: South western Viti Levu

References:

190 Dissected orogen tempers, Viti Levu, Fiji 1999 (Dickinson, W.)