Fabric Code: tpr230

Exotic Efate metasedimentary quartzose

NCMT. Quartzose-rich sand temper suggeting New Caledonian origin. Has garnet.

Fabric Class:

Lithic Quartzose-Feldspathic: Dominated by igneous and/or sedimentary lithics, with quartz and feldspar.

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 3 4 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 metavolcanic, tectonite
Min 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 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_46_4 Teouma (Efate) New Caledonia 3 4 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 metavolcanic, tectonite
WD_46_5 Teouma (Efate) New Caledonia 0 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 metavolcanic, tectonite
WD_46_21 Teouma (Efate) New Caledonia 3 4 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 metavolcanic, tectonite
WD_46_3 Teouma (Efate) New Caledonia 1 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 metavolcanic, tectonite

WD_46_4

Teouma_TCS13 Teouma_TCS13
Sherd TCS13 from Teouma (Efate). Slide WD_46_4 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.

NCMHT. K feldspar, mica and highest numbers of glaucophane.


WD_46_5

Teouma_TCC3 Teouma_TCC3
Sherd TCC3 from Teouma (Efate). Slide WD_46_5 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.

Highest number of metamorphic rock fragments.


WD_46_21

Teouma_TE26 Teouma_TE26
Sherd TE26 from Teouma (Efate). Slide WD_46_21 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.

NCMT.


WD_46_3

Teouma_TCS21 Teouma_TCS21
Sherd TCS21 from Teouma (Efate). Slide WD_46_3 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.

Quartzose-rich sand temper suggeting New Caledonian origin.


References:

255 Vanuatu, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)

282 Teouma, Efate, Vanuatu, 2009 (Dickinson, W.)

277 Teouma, Efate, Vanuata, 2009 (see 282) (Dickinson, W.)

297b Teouma, Efate, Vanuatu, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)