Fabric Code: tpr94

Mussau type CD

Opaque rich placer sands (Type CD).

Fabric Class:

Opaque: Dominated by opaque inclusions.

Backarc Quartzose: Clinopyroxenes, plagioclase, and lithics of basalts or shoshonite (a basaltic trachyandesite), dominate with quartz.

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 6 1 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic, felsitic, vitric
Min 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bismarck

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_37_2 Talepakemalai (Eloaua) Admiralty 0 1 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 felsitic, vitric
WD_37_6 Talepakemalai (Eloaua) Admiralty 3 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 felsitic, vitric

WD_37_2

ECA67_2_10 ECA67_2_10
Sherd ECA67-2-10 from Talepakemalai (Eloaua). Slide WD_37_2 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.

Opaque rich placer sands (Type CD).


WD_37_6

ECA69_1_4 ECA69_1_4
Sherd ECA69-1-4 from Talepakemalai (Eloaua). Slide WD_37_6 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.

Opaque rich placer sands (Type CD).


References:

Talepakemalai: Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau Islands of Near Oceania (Dickinson, W. & Kirch, P.)