Slide: WD_83_24

Dominant clinopyroxene over minor hornblende, coupled with the absence of either olivine or orthopyroxene. Exotic.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr206 - Exotic Lizard Island

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 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, lathwork, microlitic, felsitic, plutonite

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Sherd: LIZ2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Lizard Island (Lizard Island)

Suspected origin site: central Vanuatu?

References:

317 Lizard Island, Queensland, 2014 (Dickinson, W.)