Fabric Code: tpr206

Exotic Lizard Island

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

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 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, lathwork, microlitic, felsitic, plutonite
Min 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 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_24 Lizard Island (Lizard Island) central Vanuatu? 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, lathwork, microlitic, felsitic, plutonite

WD_83_24

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


References:

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

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