Fabric Code: tpr303

New Caledonian hybrid quartzose-ophiolitic

Hybrid. Mixed quartzose-ophiolitic. Group B3. Derives from mixed Gondwanan-Oceanic Terranes. Quartz, plagioclase, epidote, biotite, chert-metachert, argillite, slate-phyllite, metaquartzite, serpentinite, clinopyroxenes, orthopyroxenes, olivine, chrome-spinel, basalt, vitric, gabbro-diorite, peridotite, and granitic.

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 5 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 quartzite, tectonite, microphaneritic, amphibolite, plutonite, chert
Min 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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_5 Lapita (Grand Terre) Grand Terre 5 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 vitric, quartzite, metravolcanic

WD_27_5

NewCal_9_8 NewCal_9_8
Sherd 9-8 from Lapita (Grand Terre). Slide WD_27_5 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.


References:

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.)