Tectonic Highland Ophiolitic (Q137392471)

Have diagnostic chrome-spinels and the metavolcanic serpentinite.

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Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
tpr43 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 metavolcanic
Yap hybrid metavolcanic 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Carolines
tpr34 ** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 metavolcanic
Yap natural metavolcanic type A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 Carolines
tpr35 ** 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 metavolcanic
Yap hybrid lithic metavolcanic 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Carolines
tpr37 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 metavolcanic
Yap natural metavolcanic type D 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Carolines
tpr38 6 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 metavolcanic
Yap hybrid calcareous 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Carolines
tpr36 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 metavolcanic
Yap hybrid 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Carolines
tpr272 ** 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 metavolcanic
Yap metavolcanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 Carolines
tpr40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 metavolcanic
Yap grog metavolcanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 Carolines
tpr306 ** 0 0 2 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 metavolcanic, vitric, plutonite
New Caledonian basaltic placer 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 New Caledonia
tpr296a ** 0 3 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 quartzite, vitric, plutonite
New Caledonian amphibolic 0 3 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 New Caledonia
tpr310 6 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 serpentinite
New Caledonian hybrid ultramafic 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 New Caledonia
tpr310a ** 0 2 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 vitric, plutonite, metavolcanic, amphibolite, quartzite, chert, phyllite
New Caledonian ultramafic 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 New Caledonia
tpr304 3 2 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 na
New Caledonian quartzose-ophiolitic placer 3 2 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 New Caledonia
tpr311 6 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 serpentinite, chert
New Caledonian hybrid ultramafic placer 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 New Caledonia
tpr296b ** 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
New Caledonian feldspathic 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 New Caledonia

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Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_9_4 tpr272 (Yap metavolcanic) Yap Yap laminated ware (1100 - 0 BP) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_2 tpr272 (Yap metavolcanic) Yap Yap plainware (1900 - 0 BP) 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_5 tpr272 (Yap metavolcanic) Yap Yap laminated ware (1100 - 0 BP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_7 tpr272 (Yap metavolcanic) Yap Yap laminated ware (1100 - 0 BP) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_8 tpr272 (Yap metavolcanic) Yap Yap laminated ware (1100 - 0 BP) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_10_12 tpr34 (Yap natural metavolcanic type A) Yap Yap laminated ware (1100 - 0 BP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_10_14 tpr35 (Yap hybrid lithic metavolcanic) Yap West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000 - 600 BP) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_10 tpr36 (Yap hybrid) Yap West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000 - 600 BP) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_12 tpr36 (Yap hybrid) Yap West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000 - 600 BP) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_10_13 tpr37 (Yap natural metavolcanic type D) Yap Yap plainware (1900 - 0 BP) 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_10_8 tpr37 (Yap natural metavolcanic type D) Yap Yap plainware (1900 - 0 BP) 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_10_11 tpr38 (Yap hybrid calcareous) Yap West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000 - 600 BP) 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_15 tpr40 (Yap grog metavolcanic) Yap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 metavolcanic
WD_10_2 tpr43 (Yap hybrid metavolcanic) Yap West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000 - 600 BP) 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_10_5 tpr43 (Yap hybrid metavolcanic) Yap West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000 - 600 BP) 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_27_16 tpr306 (New Caledonian basaltic placer) Grand Terre Northern New Caledonia Post-Lapita (2900 - 0 BP) 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 metavolcanic, vitric, lathwork
WD_27_20 tpr306 (New Caledonian basaltic placer) Grand Terre Southern New Caledonia Post-Lapita (2900 - 0 BP) 0 0 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 metavolcanic, lathwork, vitric, plutonite
WD_27_21 tpr306 (New Caledonian basaltic placer) Grand Terre Southern New Caledonia Post-Lapita (2900 - 0 BP) 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 metavolcanic, lathwork, vitric, plutonite
WD_27_22 tpr306 (New Caledonian basaltic placer) Grand Terre Southern New Caledonia Post-Lapita (2900 - 0 BP) 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 metavolcanic, vitric, lathwork, plutonite
WD_27_6 tpr296a (New Caledonian amphibolic) New Caledonia Podtanean (2900 - 2200 BP) 0 3 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 quartzite, vitric, plutonite
WD_27_7 tpr296a (New Caledonian amphibolic) New Caledonia Podtanean (2900 - 2200 BP) 0 3 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 quartzite, vitric, plutonite
WD_27_10 tpr296b (New Caledonian feldspathic) New Caledonia Southern Lapita (3050 - 2750 BP) 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
WD_27_8 tpr310a (New Caledonian ultramafic) New Caledonia Podtanean (2900 - 2200 BP) 0 2 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 metavolcanic, amphibolite, tectonite, quartzite
WD_26_23 tpr310a (New Caledonian ultramafic) Grand Terre 0 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 vitric, plutonite
WD_26_24 tpr310a (New Caledonian ultramafic) Grand Terre 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 vitric, plutonite, metavolcanic
WD_26_25 tpr310a (New Caledonian ultramafic) Grand Terre 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 plutonite, vitric, metavolcanic

WD_9_4

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Sherd 19-1 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_4 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Metavolcanic greenschist, schist micaceous.


WD_9_2

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Sherd 47-1 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_2 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.

Detritus derived mostly from metavolcanic greenschist.


WD_9_5

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Sherd 19-4 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_5 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.

Micaceous metavolcanic greenschist.


WD_9_7

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Sherd 43-3 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_7 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.

Yap natural metavolcanic.


WD_9_8

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Sherd 43-8 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_8 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.

Yap natural metavolcanic.


WD_10_12

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Sherd 1 from Ngulu (Ngulu). Slide WD_10_12 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest) with higher exposure. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Foliated, polycrystalline metavolcanic rock temper sand, from Yap.


WD_10_14

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Sherd 9 from Ngulu (Ngulu). Slide WD_10_14 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Yap metavolcanic temper admixed with calcareous grains (reef detritus).


WD_9_10

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Sherd 14 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_10 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.

Temper in which calcareous grains are dominant, but are admixed with minor amounts of Yap metavolcanics.


WD_9_12

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Sherd 16 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_12 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.

Temper in which calcareous grains are dominant, but are admixed with minor amounts of Yap metavolcanics.


WD_10_13

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Sherd 2 from Ngulu (Ngulu). Slide WD_10_13 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.

Temper sand mainly composed of plagioclase and clinopyroxene grains, but with subordinate proportions of Yap metavolcanics.


WD_10_8

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Sherd 3 from Ngulu (Ngulu). Slide WD_10_8 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.

Temper sand mainly composed of plagioclase and clinopyroxene grains, but with subordinate proportions of Yap metavolcanics.


WD_10_11

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Sherd 15 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_10_11 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.

Hybrid temper.


WD_9_15

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Sherd 18 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_15 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.

Broken-sherd temper in which metavolcanic lithics indistinguishable from those of Yap metavolcanic temper also occur.


WD_10_2

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Sherd 14 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_2 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.

Moderately sorted, subrounded shoreline temper sand. Yap origin.


WD_10_5

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Sherd 11-33236 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_5 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.

Probably 44_1.


WD_27_16

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Sherd 52-5 from Mouly (Ouvea). Slide WD_27_16 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Ophiolitic temper.


WD_27_20

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Sherd 52-10 from Wabao (Maré). Slide WD_27_20 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.

Ophiolitic.


WD_27_21

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Sherd 52-12 from Wabao (Maré). Slide WD_27_21 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Ophiolitic.


WD_27_22

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Sherd 52-13 from Wabao (Maré). Slide WD_27_22 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.

Ophiolitic.


WD_27_6

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Sherd 6-1 from Île des Pins (Île des Pins). Slide WD_27_6 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Amphibole rich. Ophiolitic. Granite and ultramafic rocks.


WD_27_7

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Sherd 6-2 from Île des Pins (Île des Pins). Slide WD_27_7 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.

Amphibole rich. Ophiolitic. Granitoid and ultramafic rock source.


WD_27_10

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Sherd 7-8 from Île des Pins (Île des Pins). Slide WD_27_10 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Lapita sherd. Plagioclase dominates, very weathered.


WD_27_8

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Sherd 7-1 from Île des Pins (Île des Pins). Slide WD_27_8 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Ophiolitic. Non-Lapita sherd. Has granitic, gabbro and ultramafic rock fragments.


WD_26_23

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Sherd 11-9 from Noumea (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_23 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.

Ophiolitic. May also have amphiboles.


WD_26_24

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Sherd 11-10 from Noumea (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_24 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Ophiolitic temper. May also have amphiboles.


WD_26_25

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Sherd 11-13 from St Vincent Bay (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_25 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.

Ophiolitic temper.


Ceramic Wares

Yap laminated ware (1100 - 0 BP)

Yap plainware (1900 - 0 BP)

West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000 - 600 BP)

Southern Lapita (3050 - 2750 BP)

Northern New Caledonia Post-Lapita (2900 - 0 BP)

Southern New Caledonia Post-Lapita (2900 - 0 BP)

Podtanean (2900 - 2200 BP)