Fabric Code: tpr296b

New Caledonian feldspathic

Feldspathic temper with degradation.

Fabric Class:

Feldspathic: Dominated by feldspar inclusions.

Tectonic Highland Ophiolitic: Have diagnostic chrome-spinels and the metavolcanic serpentinite.

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 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
Min 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 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_10 Île Des Pins (Île Des Pins) New Caledonia 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric

WD_27_10

IllsDesPins_7_8 IllsDesPins_7_8
Sherd 7-8 from Île des Pins (Île des Pins). Slide WD_27_10 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.

Lapita sherd. Plagioclase dominates, very weathered.


References:

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

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