Fabric Code: tpr500

Taveuni pyroxenic

Olivine reported in sherds from Babcock. Olivine expected in local sherds.

Fabric Class:

Pyroxenic: Dominated by pyroxenic inclusions.

Postarc: Clinopyroxenes, plagioclase, and lithics of basalts or shoshonite (a basaltic trachyandesite), dominate.

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 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
Min 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Fiji

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_93_13 Taveuni (Taveuni) Taveuni 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
WD_93_14 Taveuni (Taveuni) Taveuni 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
WD_93_15 Taveuni (Taveuni) Taveuni 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric

WD_93_13

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Sherd 23-2 from Taveuni (Taveuni). Slide WD_93_13 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. 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.

Pyroxenic but the lack of olivine is unexpected for Taveuni.


WD_93_14

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Sherd 23-3 from Taveuni (Taveuni). Slide WD_93_14 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. 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.

Indigenous but lacking olivines.


WD_93_15

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Sherd 23-5 from Taveuni (Taveuni). Slide WD_93_15 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. 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.

Pyroxenic.


References:

Temper Sands in Prehistoric Oceanian Pottery (Dickinson, W.)

Petrography and geologic provenance of sand tempers in prehistoric potsherds from Fiji and Vanuatu (Dickinson, W.)