Fabric Code: tpr296a

New Caledonian amphibolic

Ophiolitic. Amphibolic plutonic temper. The amphiboles are pale green and may be anthophyllite or actinolite instead of hornblende.

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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. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
Max 0 3 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 quartzite, vitric, plutonite
Min 0 3 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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_6 Île Des Pins (Île Des Pins) New Caledonia 0 3 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 quartzite, vitric, plutonite
WD_27_7 Île Des Pins (Île Des Pins) New Caledonia 0 3 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 quartzite, vitric, plutonite

WD_27_6

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Sherd 6-1 from Île des Pins (Île des Pins). Slide WD_27_6 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.

Amphibole rich. Ophiolitic. Granite and ultramafic rocks.


WD_27_7

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Sherd 6-2 from Île des Pins (Île des Pins). Slide WD_27_7 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.

Amphibole rich. Ophiolitic. Granitoid and ultramafic rock source.


References:

006 St. Maurice, Ile des Pins, 1966 (Dickinson, W.)

008 Summary of New Caledonian Tempers. (Dickinson, W.)