Fabric Code: tpr321

Exotic Tanga hornblendic hybrid

Group F hornblendic hybrid. Honey brown vitrics and green-brown to reddish-brown hornblende. Calcareous inferred from vacuoles. Exotic to Tanga.

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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 0 3 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic
Min 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Bismarck

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_30_20 Lif (Tanga) Feni 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic

WD_30_20

Lif_ETM996 Lif_ETM996
Sherd ETM996 from Lif (Tanga). Slide WD_30_20 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.

Angkikita. Hornblendic hybrid temper sand with vitric volcanic rock fragments as dominant grain type.


References:

239 Tanga, PNG, 2004 (Dickinson, W.)