Fabric Code: tpr411

Lakeba lithic-feldspathic

Indigenous to Lakeba.

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 2 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 microlitic, vitric
Min 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 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
SB_2_82 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 microlitic, vitric
SB_3_25 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, vitric
SB38_1_58 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 microlitic, vitric
SB38_2_1 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, microlitic

SB_2_82

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Sherd 197_1_T1 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_2_82 from Best Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Feldspathic-lithic.


SB_3_25

Lakeba_3v25 Lakeba_3v25
Sherd 197_3_P1e from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_3_25 from Best Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Feldspathic lithic.


SB38_1_58

Lakeba_58_a Lakeba_58_a
Sherd 58 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB38_1_58 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.

Feldspathic lithic.


SB38_2_1

Lakeba_103 Lakeba_103
Sherd 103 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB38_2_1 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.

Lapita sherd. Pyroxenes are clinopyroxene. Feldspars are plagioclase.


References:

072-Lakeba, Lau group, Fiji, 1978 (Dickinson, W.)

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