Fabric Code: tpr310a

New Caledonian ultramafic

Ophiolitic temper.

Fabric Class:

Igneous Feldspathic: Dominated by igneous lithic inclusions with feldspars.

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 2 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 vitric, plutonite, metavolcanic, amphibolite, quartzite, chert, phyllite
Min 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 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_8 Île Des Pins (Île Des Pins) New Caledonia 0 2 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 metavolcanic, amphibolite, tectonite, quartzite
WD_26_23 Noumea (Grande Terre) Grand Terre 0 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 vitric, plutonite
WD_26_24 Noumea (Grande Terre) Grand Terre 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 vitric, plutonite, metavolcanic
WD_26_25 St Vincent Bay (Grande Terre) Grand Terre 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 plutonite, vitric, metavolcanic

WD_27_8

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Sherd 7-1 from Île des Pins (Île des Pins). Slide WD_27_8 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.

Ophiolitic. Non-Lapita sherd. Has granitic, gabbro and ultramafic rock fragments.


WD_26_23

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Sherd 11-9 from Noumea (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_23 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.

Ophiolitic. May also have amphiboles.


WD_26_24

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Sherd 11-10 from Noumea (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_24 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.

Ophiolitic temper. May also have amphiboles.


WD_26_25

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Sherd 11-13 from St Vincent Bay (Grande Terre). Slide WD_26_25 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.

Ophiolitic temper.


References:

Petrologic Character and Geologic Sources of Sand Tempers in Prehistoric New Caledonian Pottery (Dickinson, W.)