Fabric Code: tpr337

Natunuku pyroxenic placer

Local. High pyroxene placer sand temper.

Fabric Class:

Pyroxenic: Dominated by pyroxenic inclusions.

Postarc: Clinopyroxenes, plagioclase, and lithics of basalts or shoshonite (a basaltic trachyandesite), dominate.

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 0 2 6 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic
Min 0 0 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 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
FL_1_30 Natunuku (Viti Levu) Natunuku 0 0 1 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic
FL_1_34 Natunuku (Viti Levu) Natunuku 0 0 1 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 felsitic
FL_1_43 Natunuku (Viti Levu) Natunuku 0 0 1 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic
WD_55_10 Natunuku (Viti Levu) north Viti Levu 0 0 2 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic
WD_55_2 Natunuku (Viti Levu) north Viti Levu 0 0 1 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic
WD_55_26 Natunuku (Viti Levu) north Viti Levu 0 0 1 6 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic
WD_55_3 Natunuku (Viti Levu) north Viti Levu 0 0 1 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic
WD_61_22 Natunuku (Viti Levu) Natunuku 0 0 1 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic

FL_1_30

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Sherd AH-819 from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide FL_1_30 from Leach Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Late. Pyroxene placer.


FL_1_34

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Sherd AH-830 from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide FL_1_34 from Leach Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Late.


FL_1_43

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Sherd AH-793 from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide FL_1_43 from Leach Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Lapita sherd. Pyroxene placer.


WD_55_10

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Sherd NAT4 from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide WD_55_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.

Dentate-stamped sherd. High-pyroxene placer sand temper.


WD_55_2

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Sherd 22-1 from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide WD_55_2 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.

High-pyroxene placer sand temper.


WD_55_26

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Sherd 22-35 from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide WD_55_26 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.

High-pyroxene placer sand temper.


WD_55_3

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Sherd 22-5 from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide WD_55_3 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.

High-pyroxene placer sand temper.


WD_61_22

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Sherd 96-4A from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide WD_61_22 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.

Pyroxenic placer. Plain surface sherd.


References:

172 Natunuku Viti Lefu, Fiji (Dickinson, W.)