Fabric Code: tpr204

Lizard Island granitic

Granitic mainly quartz with and feldspar with minor micaceous.

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 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
Min 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Australia

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_83_7 Lizard Island (Lizard Island) Lizard Island 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_12 Lizard Island (Lizard Island) Lizard Island 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_19 Lizard Island (Lizard Island) Lizard Island 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_21 Lizard Island (Lizard Island) Lizard Island 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_22 Lizard Island (Lizard Island) Lizard Island 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_83_8 Lizard Island (Lizard Island) Lizard Island 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 na

WD_83_7

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Terrigenous (non-calcareous granitic) sand temper.


WD_83_12

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Granitic mainly quartz with and feldspar with minor micaceous.


WD_83_19

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High-tide forebeach sand from Mangrove Bay. Coarse sand which lacks calcareous constituents.


WD_83_21

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Burnt sand fragment from Midden 17 surface at one-tree coconut beach. Sand containing terrigenous quartzose with minor feldspar, mica, chert and polycrystalline lithic fragments.


WD_83_22

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Clay sample with sandy impurities from airport-research road cutting. Sand containing terrigenous quartzose with minor feldspar, mica, chert and polycrystalline lithic fragments.


WD_83_8

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Terrigenous (non-calcareous granitic) sand temper.


References:

256 Lizard Island, Queensland, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)

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