Fabric Code: tpr336

Navatu lithic-rich

Contains hypabassal fragments.

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 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 lathwork, microlitic, vitric, microphaneritic, plutonite
Min 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 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_10 Navatu (Viti Levu) Viti Levu 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 lathwork, microlitic, vitric, microphaneritic, plutonite
WD_54_20 Navatu (Viti Levu) Viti Levu 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 lathwork, microlitic, vitric, microphaneritic, plutonite

WD_54_10

Navatu_17_10 Navatu_17_10
Sherd 17-10 from Navatu (Viti Levu). Slide WD_54_10 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.

With hypabyssal doleritic igneous rock fragments from subvolcanic intrusions .


WD_54_20

Navatu_NAV9A Navatu_NAV9A
Sherd NAV9A from Navatu (Viti Levu). Slide WD_54_20 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.


References:

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

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