Fabric Code: tpr153

Choiseul calcareous

Reef detritus, rare quartz and hornblende.

Sites:

Mineral and Rock Abundances

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%

Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
Max 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
Min 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Solomons

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_40_11 Choiseul (Choiseul) 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na

WD_40_11

Tarekukum_CHTAR1 Tarekukum_CHTAR1
Sherd CHTAR1 from Choiseul (Choiseul). Slide WD_40_11 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Composed of 90+% calcareous reef detritus, with plagioclase feldspar as the predominant terrigenous grain type.


References:

280 Choiseul, Solomon, 2009 (Dickinson, W.)