Fabric Code: tpr347

Exotic Nasilai hybrid

From Fiji but not local.

Fabric Class:

Pyroxenic Calcareous: Dominated by pyroxene inclusions, with calcareous.

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 4 0 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 na
Min 4 0 2 4 0 2 0 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
WD_62_21 Nasilai (Viti Levu) exotic 4 0 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 na
WD_62_22 Nasilai (Viti Levu) exotic 4 0 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 na

WD_62_21

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Sherd N-21 from Nasilai (Viti Levu). Slide WD_62_21 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.

Exotic hybrid. Surface sherd.


WD_62_22

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Sherd N-22 from Nasilai (Viti Levu). Slide WD_62_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.

Exotic hybrid temper. Surface sherd.


References:

142 Nasilai, Rewa Delta, Viti Levu, Fiji 1997 (Dickinson, W.)