Slide: WD_68_18

Meta sedimentary, microphaneritic temper.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr171 - Rewa Delta orogen

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 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, siltstone, argillite, chert, tectonite, quartzite

Images

Beqa_65_8 Beqa_65_8
Sherd 65-8 from Beqa (Beqa). Slide WD_68_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.

Sherd: 65-8

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Beqa (Beqa)

Suspected origin site: Rewa Delta

References:

143 Beqa, Fiji, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)