Fabric Code: tpr356

Beqa hybrid

Local to Beqa

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
Max	5	0	2	5	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	microlitic, vitric
Min	2	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	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_68_19	Beqa (Beqa)	Beqa	2	0	1	4	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	microlitic, vitric
WD_66_5	Ugaga (Ugaga)	Beqa	3	0	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	microlitic, vitric
WD_66_14	Ugaga (Ugaga)	Beqa	3	0	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	microlitic, vitric
WD_66_19	Beqa (Beqa)	Beqa	5	0	1	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	microlitic, vitric

WD_68_19

Beqa_65_9_a — Sherd 65-9 from Beqa (Beqa). Slide WD_68_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.

Beqa_65_9_a — Sherd 65-9 from Beqa (Beqa). Slide WD_68_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.

Hybrid temper.

WD_66_5

Ugaga_UGA7 — Sherd UGA-7 from Ugaga (Ugaga). Slide WD_66_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.

Ugaga_UGA7 — Sherd UGA-7 from Ugaga (Ugaga). Slide WD_66_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.

Hybrid pyroxenic temper.

WD_66_14

Ugaga_1044 — Sherd UGA-1044 from Ugaga (Ugaga). Slide WD_66_14 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.

Ugaga_1044 — Sherd UGA-1044 from Ugaga (Ugaga). Slide WD_66_14 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.

Hybrid calcareous feldspathic.

WD_66_19

Ugaga_A_a — Sherd UGA-A from Beqa (Beqa). Slide WD_66_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.

Ugaga_A_a — Sherd UGA-A from Beqa (Beqa). Slide WD_66_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.

Water jar, post-Lapita.

References:

163 Ugaga, Beqa, Fiji, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)

143 Beqa, Fiji, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)