Fabric Code: tpr57

Luzon tectonic highland

Heterogeneous sands of the tectonic highland temper class with red-brown vitric lithic fragments of mafic volcanic glass, iron oxides opaques, clinopyroxene and olivine mineral grains. Chert and argillite lithic fragments with recrystallized ghosts of ovoid radiolarian tests visible in selected instances, microlitic lithic fragments derived from the groundmass of volcanic rocks.

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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 1 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 vitric, microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, chert
Min 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 Philippines

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_15_1c Dimolit (Luzon) 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 vitric, microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, chert
WD_15_1b Dimolit (Luzon) 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 vitric, microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, chert
WD_15_1a Dimolit (Luzon) 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 vitric, microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, chert
WD_15_2a Dimolit (Luzon) 0 1 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 vitric, microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, chert
WD_15_2b Dimolit (Luzon) 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 vitric, microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, chert

WD_15_1c

Dimolit_52_1_3 Dimolit_52_1_3
Sherd 52-1-3 from Dimolit (Luzon). Slide WD_15_1c 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.

Heterogeneous sands of the tectonic highland temper class with red-brown vitric lithic fragments of mafic volcanic glass, iron oxides opaques, clinopyroxene and olivine mineral grains,chert and argillite lithic fragments with recrystallized ghosts of ovoid radiolarian tests visible in selected instances, microlitic lithic fragments derived from the groundmass of volcanic rocks.


WD_15_1b

Dimolit_52_1_2 Dimolit_52_1_2
Sherd 52-1-2 from Dimolit (Luzon). Slide WD_15_1b 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.

Heterogeneous sands of the tectonic highland temper class with red-brown vitric lithic fragments of mafic volcanic glass, iron oxides opaques, clinopyroxene and olivine mineral grains,chert and argillite lithic fragments with recrystallized ghosts of ovoid radiolarian tests visible in selected instances, microlitic lithic fragments derived from the groundmass of volcanic rocks.


WD_15_1a

Dimolit_52_1_1 Dimolit_52_1_1
Sherd 52-1-1 from Dimolit (Luzon). Slide WD_15_1a 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.

Heterogeneous sands of the tectonic highland temper class with red-brown vitric lithic fragments of mafic volcanic glass, iron oxides opaques, clinopyroxene and olivine mineral grains,chert and argillite lithic fragments with recrystallized ghosts of ovoid radiolarian tests visible in selected instances, microlitic lithic fragments derived from the groundmass of volcanic rocks.


WD_15_2a

Dimolit_52_2_1 Dimolit_52_2_1
Sherd 52-2-1 from Dimolit (Luzon). Slide WD_15_2a 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.

Heterogeneous sands of the tectonic highland temper class with red-brown vitric lithic fragments of mafic volcanic glass, iron oxides opaques, clinopyroxene and olivine mineral grains,chert and argillite lithic fragments with recrystallized ghosts of ovoid radiolarian tests visible in selected instances, microlitic lithic fragments derived from the groundmass of volcanic rocks.


WD_15_2b

Dimolit_52_2_2 Dimolit_52_2_2
Sherd 52-2-2 from Dimolit (Luzon). Slide WD_15_2b 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.

Heterogeneous sands of the tectonic highland temper class with red-brown vitric lithic fragments of mafic volcanic glass, iron oxides opaques, clinopyroxene and olivine mineral grains,chert and argillite lithic fragments with recrystallized ghosts of ovoid radiolarian tests visible in selected instances, microlitic lithic fragments derived from the groundmass of volcanic rocks.


References:

254 Luzon, Batan, Taiwan, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)