Fabric Code: tpr407

Yasawa quartzose

Type E1.

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 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 microlitic, felsitic, microphaneritic, vitric
Min 0 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 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_13 Waya (Waya) Mana or Malolo 0 3 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 microlitic, felsitic, microphaneritic, vitric

WD_95_13

Yasawa_7000_43 Yasawa_7000_43
Sherd 1991-1007-43 from Waya (Waya). Slide WD_95_13 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.

Quartzose temper from Southern islands.


References:

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