Fabric Code: tpr62

Huakanshan quartzite natural type A

Poorly sorted, subangular, natural.

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 3 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 tectonite, vitric, microlitic, felsitic
Min 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 Taiwan

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_15_20b Huakanshan (Taiwan) 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 tectonite, vitric, microlitic, felsitic

WD_15_20b

Huakanshan_52_15_2 Huakanshan_52_15_2
Sherd 52-15-2 from Huakanshan (Taiwan). Slide WD_15_20b 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.

Quartzite, tectonite rich


References:

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