Fabric Code: tpr17

Guam pyroxenic

Coastal placer temper with pyroxene grains dominant. Clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene present.

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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 0 0 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, vitric
Min 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Marianas

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_5_6 Fouha Bay (Guam) Guam 0 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, vitric

WD_5_6

Ma_GU_6_1 Ma_GU_6_1
Sherd Ma-GU-6-1 from Fouha Bay (Guam). Slide WD_5_6 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Pyroxenic volcanic sand temper. Clinopyroxene dominant, but minor orthopyroxene.


References:

323 Mariana, reports 1-15 for MTAT, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)