Fabric Code: tpr351c

Exotic Vuda feldspathic

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
Max	0	2	4	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic
Min	0	2	4	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	Fiji

Representative slides:

Slide	Site	Possible Origin	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
WD_63_6	Vuda (Viti Levu)	South western Viti Levu	0	2	4	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic

WD_63_6

Vuda_18_7 — Sherd 18-7 from Vuda (Viti Levu). Slide WD_63_6 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.

Vuda_18_7 — Sherd 18-7 from Vuda (Viti Levu). Slide WD_63_6 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.

Feldspathic dissected orogen temper.

References:

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