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. 2015 Jan 18;120(1):1–19. doi: 10.1002/2014JE004757

Table 1.

CheMin Mineral Abundances as Reported by Bish et al. [2013[ and Vaniman et al. [2014[a

Mineral Portage Soil John Klein Cumberland
Plagioclase 40.8 44.8 41
Fe-forsterite 22.4 5.7 1.9
Augite 14.6 7.6 9
Pigeonite 13.8 11.3 16
Orthopyroxene 6.1 9
Magnetite 2.1 7.6 9
Anhydrite 1.5 5.3
Bassanite 2.1 1.2
Quartz 1.4 0.9* 0.2*
Sanidine 1.3* 2.4 3.5
Hematite 1.1* 1.2* 1.3
Ilmenite 0.9* 1.2*
Akaganeite 2.3 3
Halite 0.3* 0.3*
Pyrite 0.6*
Pyrrhotite 2.0 1.9
Amorphous 27 28 31
Clay 22 18
a

Data from Bish et al. [2013[ and Vaniman et al. [2014[. Asterisks mean at or near detection limits. Note that the crystalline components (minus clay and amorphous) are normalized to 100%.