Fabric Code: tpr281

Torres Strait lithic

Stream. Volcanic rock fragments (polycrystalline and polyminerallic pieces of rock groundmasses) containing intergrown plagioclase laths and interstitial pyroxene crystals (intergranular texture), or tiny plagioclase microlites set in volcanic glass (hyalopilitic texture), as well as grains of altered mafic volcanic glass. Sedimentary-metasedimentary tectonite, chert. Source Purari River ?

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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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
Max	0	2	3	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	tectonite, microlitic, lathwork, vitric, argillitic, chert, felsitic
Min	0	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	Australia

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References:

229 Torres Strait (Dickinson, W.)