Fabric Code: tpr353

Navua pyroxenic

Quartz-free volcanic sand.

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 0 2 6 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
Min 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 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_63_16 Navua Delta (Viti Levu) Navua 0 0 2 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
WD_63_19 Navua Delta (Viti Levu) Navua 0 0 2 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 vitric
WD_65_20 Navua Delta (Viti Levu) Navua 0 0 2 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
WD_66_20 Karobo (Viti Levu) Viti Levu 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric

WD_63_16

Navua_64_1 Navua_64_1
Sherd 64-1 from Navua Delta (Viti Levu). Slide WD_63_16 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.

Pyroxenic temper, mainly clinopyroxene but some orthopyroxene.


WD_63_19

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Sherd 64-5 from Navua Delta (Viti Levu). Slide WD_63_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.

Pyroxenic temper, mainly clinopyroxene but some orthopyroxene.


WD_65_20

Navua_64_4 Navua_64_4
Sherd 64-4 from Navua Delta (Viti Levu). Slide WD_65_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.

Biotite containing pyroxenic fabric.


WD_66_20

Karobo_KAR_811 Karobo_KAR_811
Sherd KAR-811 from Karobo (Viti Levu). Slide WD_66_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.

Possibly from Navua. High pyroxenes.


References:

188 Viti Levu, Fiji, 1999 (Dickinson, W.)

144 Navua Delta, Viti Levu, Fiji, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)