Fabric Code: tpr341

Exotic Natunuku quartzose

From Viti Levu, once proposed to be from Sigatoka, but probably not. Clinopyroxenes and hornblendes.

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 2 3 5 4 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 4 3 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic
Min 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 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_55_19 Natunuku (Viti Levu) south Viti Levu 0 2 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite
WD_55_20 Natunuku (Viti Levu) south Viti Levu 1 3 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite
WD_55_21 Natunuku (Viti Levu) south Viti Levu 0 3 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite
WD_55_23 Natunuku (Viti Levu) south Viti Levu 2 2 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite
WD_55_25 Natunuku (Viti Levu) south Viti Levu 0 3 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite
WD_61_23 Natunuku (Viti Levu) South eastern Viti Levu 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, siltstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic

WD_55_19

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Sherd 22-9 from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide WD_55_19 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.

Quartz-bearing temper sand.


WD_55_20

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Sherd 22-23 from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide WD_55_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.

Quartz-bearing temper sand.


WD_55_21

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Sherd 22-25 from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide WD_55_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.

Quartz-bearing temper sand.


WD_55_23

Natunuku_22_30 Natunuku_22_30
Sherd 22-30 from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide WD_55_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.

Quartz-bearing temper sand.


WD_55_25

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

Water jar.


WD_61_23

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Sherd 94-4B from Natunuku (Viti Levu). Slide WD_61_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.

Dissected orogen temper from Viti Levu.


References:

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

189 Sigatoka, Viti Levu, Fiji 1999 (Dickinson, W.)

190 Dissected orogen tempers, Viti Levu, Fiji 1999 (Dickinson, W.)