Fabric Code: tpr216a

Exotic Santo quartzose

High quartz.

Fabric Class:

Quartzose: Dominated by quartz inclusions.

Tectonic Highland Quartzose: Quartzose fabrics, with chert/metachert and slate/phyllite lithics.

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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 quartzite
Min 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Vanuatu

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_57_22 Santo (Santo) New Caledonia 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 quartzite

WD_57_22

Santo742T Santo742T
Sherd 742T from Santo (Santo). Slide WD_57_22 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

High quartz.


References:

118 Santo and Malo, Vanuatu (Dickinson, W.)