Fabric Code: tpr413b

Lakeba hybrid placer

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 5 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic
Min 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 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_7_72 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba 5 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 na
SB38_1_87 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba 4 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic

SB_7_72

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Sherd 132_16 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_7_72 from Best Collection, Auckland University. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Calcareous- iron oxide temper.


SB38_1_87

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Sherd 87 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB38_1_87 from Best Collection, Auckland University. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Calcareous with opaques.


References:

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

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