Fabric Code: tpr342

Exotic Sigatoka pyroxenic

Two different fabrics? Exotic possibly from Navua Delta, South Coast Viti Levu, or Vuda on the Western North coast.

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 1 2 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 lathwork, microlitic
Min 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Fiji

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
FP_1_29 Sigatoka (Viti Levu) Vuda 0 1 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 lathwork, microlitic, microphaneritic
WD_60_1 Sigatoka (Viti Levu) Navua Delta 0 0 1 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, lathwork

FP_1_29

Sigatoka_45a_1192 Sigatoka_45a_1192
Sherd 45a-1192 from Sigatoka (Viti Levu). Slide FP_1_29 from Petchey 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.

High pyroxene, possibly from Vuda.


WD_60_1

Sigatoka_VL98_5 Sigatoka_VL98_5
Sherd VL-98-5 from Sigatoka (Viti Levu). Slide WD_60_1 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, possibly from Navua Delta.


References:

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

Petchey MA Thesis 1995 (Petchey, F.)