Fabric Code: tpr231

Exotic Efate quartzose hybrid

NCQT. Quartzose- and plagioclase-rich hybrid sand temper suggesting New Caledonian origin.

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 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 chert, felsitic
Min 0 3 4 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_46_15 Teouma (Efate) New Caledonia 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 chert, felsitic
WD_46_16 Teouma (Efate) New Caledonia 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 chert, felsitic
WD_46_19 Teouma (Efate) New Caledonia 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 chert, felsitic

WD_46_15

Teouma_TC36 Teouma_TC36
Sherd TC36 from Teouma (Efate). Slide WD_46_15 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.

NCQT.


WD_46_16

Teouma_TC44 Teouma_TC44
Sherd TC44 from Teouma (Efate). Slide WD_46_16 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.

NCQT.


WD_46_19

Teouma_TC69 Teouma_TC69
Sherd TC69 from Teouma (Efate). Slide WD_46_19 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.

NCQT.


References:

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