Fabric Code: tpr403

Yasawa placer

Type D1.

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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 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, lathwork, microlitic, felsitic
Min 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 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_95_4 Waya (Waya) Yasawa 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, lathwork, microlitic, felistic

WD_95_4

Yasawa_1012_116 Yasawa_1012_116
Sherd 1991-1012-116 from Waya (Waya). Slide WD_95_4 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.

Clinopyroxenes.


References:

252 Yasawa, Mananuka, Fiji, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)