Fabric Code: tpr351a

Exotic Vuda quartzose

Dissected orogen temper, from Viti Levu.

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 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic
Min 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 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_63_5 Vuda (Viti Levu) South western Viti Levu 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic
WD_63_1 Vuda (Viti Levu) South western Viti Levu 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic

WD_63_5

Vuda_18_6 Vuda_18_6
Sherd 18-6 from Vuda (Viti Levu). Slide WD_63_5 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.


WD_63_1

Vuda_18_1 Vuda_18_1
Sherd 18-1 from Vuda (Viti Levu). Slide WD_63_1 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.

Dissected orogen temper.


References:

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