Fabric Code: tpr334

Navatu fully placered

Contains hypabassal dolerite.

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 1 1 2 6 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 lathwork, microlitic, vitric, microphaneritic, plutonite
Min 0 0 2 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Fiji

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_54_21 Navatu (Viti Levu) Viti Levu 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 lathwork, microlitic, vitric, microphaneritic, plutonite
WD_54_8 Navatu (Viti Levu) Viti Levu 0 1 2 6 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 lathwork, microlitic, vitric, microphaneritic

WD_54_21

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Sherd NAV10A from Navatu (Viti Levu). Slide WD_54_21 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.

Basaltic sand temper derived from bedrock of the Pliocene Ba Volcanic Group; Indigenous temper to Viti Levu.


WD_54_8

Navatu_17_8 Navatu_17_8
Sherd 17-8 from Navatu (Viti Levu). Slide WD_54_8 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.

Fully placered.


References:

188 Viti Levu, Fiji, 1999 (Dickinson, W.)

171 Navatu, Viti Levu, Fiji 1998 (Dickinson, W.)