Fabric Code: tpr409

Exotic Lakeba pyroxenic quartzose

From Viti Levu.

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 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 microphaneritic, plutonite, chert, argillitic
Min 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 Fiji

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
SB_9_6 Lakeba (Lakeba) Viti Levu, Sigatoka? 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 microphaneritic

SB_9_6

Lakeba_9v6 Lakeba_9v6
Sherd 47_12_A4 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_9_6 from Best Collection, Auckland University. 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 quartzose. Possibly from Sigatoka.


References:

141 Lakeba, Fiji, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)

Best 1984 Lakeba: the Prehistory of a Fijian Island. PhD Thesis University of Auckland (Best, S)