Fabric Code: tpr209

Tonga quartz-free placer

Moderately placered sand temper containing almost no quartz.

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 2 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, vitric, microlitic
Min 2 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Tonga

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_89_5 Nukuleka (Tongatapu) 2 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, vitric, microlitic

WD_89_5

Nukuleka_1595 Nukuleka_1595
Sherd 1595 from Nukuleka (Tongatapu). Slide WD_89_5 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Moderately placered sand temper containing almost no quartz.


References:

272 Nukuleka, Tongatapu, Tonga, 2008 (Dickinson, W.)

275 Nukuleka, Tongatapu, Tonga, 2009 (Dickinson, W.)