Fabric Code: tpr488

Exotic Lakeba pyroxene opaque

Probably exotic, although possibly the temper was exotic with local clay.

Fabric Class:

Opaque Pyroxenic: Dominated by opaque inclusions, with pyroxenes.

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 0 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic
Min 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 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_6_34 Lakeba (Lakeba) Unknown, Northern Lau? 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 na

SB_6_34

Lakeba_6v34 Lakeba_6v34
Sherd 132_A_E from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_6_34 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.

Maybe from Northern Lau.


References:

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