Fabric Code: tpr488

Exotic Lakeba pyroxene opaque

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

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./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 Origin	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	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

Maybe from Northern Lau.

References:

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