Fabric Code: tpr362

Exotic Totoya non-placer

Green hornblendes. Unlikely to be local, may be from Ovalau.

Fabric Class:

Pyroxenic-Igneous: Dominated by pyroxenic and igneous lithic inclusions.

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 3 0 2 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic
Min 0 0 2 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 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_67_3 Totoya (Totoya) Moala 0 0 2 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic
WD_67_6 Totoya (Totoya) Moala 3 0 2 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, microlitic

WD_67_3

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Sherd F2 from Totoya (Totoya). Slide WD_67_3 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.

Exotic pyroxenic with amphiboles.


WD_67_6

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Sherd F5 from Totoya (Totoya). Slide WD_67_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.

Exotic pyroxenic with amphiboles.


References:

114 Totoya, Fiji; (Dickinson, W.)