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. 2023 May 16;2(5):pgad110. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad110

Table 2.

Mineral species predicted to occur at Tecopa Basin, California—a Mars analogue locality.

Mineral Mineral formula Confidence Lift
Hematite* Fe3+2O3 0.76 8.8
Quartz* SiO2 0.94 2.5
Kaolinite* Al2Si2O5(OH)4 0.75 23.3
Pyrite* Fe2+(S2)2− 0.88 3.7
Gypsum* CaS6+O4·2H2O 0.74 18.1
Albite NaAlSi3O8 0.71 18.3
Magnetite* Fe2+Fe3+2O4 0.74 8.3
Chalcopyrite* Cu1+Fe3+S2−2 0.74 4.5
Sphalerite Zn2+S2− 0.71 5.1

The mineral species likely to occur at Mars analogue site, Tecopa Basin, Inyo Co., California, United States of America, along with the associated confidence and lift metrics for the association rules on which these predictions are based. For minerals with multiple relevant association rules, denoted by *, the highest confidence and lift values were reported.