Fabric Code: tpr296

New Caledonian quartzose

Group C1. Quartz grains and quatzose sedimentary and meta-sedimentary lithics. Grains more than lithics. Amphibolite and phyllite, chert and quartzite. Plagioclase, epidote, biotite. Derives from Gondwanana Margin Terranes

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 5 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 quartzite, amphibolite, tectonite, chert
Min 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 New Caledonia

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_27_9 Île Des Pins (Île Des Pins) New Caledonia 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 metavolcanic, amphibolite, tectonite, quartzite
WD_26_9 St Vincent Bay (Grand Terre) Grand Terre 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 quartzite, chert

WD_27_9

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Sherd 7-3 from Île des Pins (Île des Pins). Slide WD_27_9 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.

Non-Lapita sherd.


WD_26_9

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Sherd 30-1 from St Vincent Bay (Grand Terre). Slide WD_26_9 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.

Possibly from site 'Wattom-Wano' instead.


References:

007 New Caledonia, misc 1966 (Dickinson, W.)

271 Temper Grain Types in Chiu New Caledonia Sherds (Dickinson, W.)

270 Preliminary Temper Analysis of Varied New Caledonia Sherds (Dickinson, W.)

273 Summary Petrographic Evaluation of Sand Tempers in Prehistoric Lapita Sherds Excavated from Sele (Dickinson, W.)