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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: Geochim Cosmochim Acta. 2016 Mar 1;176:295–315. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.036

Table 3. Mg isotope compositions of Main Group, pyroxene and ungrouped pallasites, as well as one primitive achondrite.

Sample Groupa μ25Mg 2se μ26Mg* 2se nb 27Al/24Mgc
Main group pallasites
Springwater PMG −120   3   −8.2 1.8 10 <0.0001
Philips Co (USNM1695) PMG −114   3 −15.0 1.6 10 <0.0001
Dora PMG   −89   8 −10.1 1.0 10   0.00071
Fukang PMG −118   9 −12.6 1.6 10 <0.0001
Brahin PMG   −83   7   −9.6 1.3 10   0.00004
Brenham PMG −116   6 −10.6 1.9 10 <0.0001
Molong PMG −113   4 −14.9 2.2 10 <0.0001
Giroux (USNM1574) PMG −113   3 −11.1 2.1 10 <0.0001
Krasnojarsk PMG −112 12   −9.3 1.7 10 <0.0001
Admire PMG   −90 12 −10.5 1.5 10 <0.0001
Pyroxene pallasites
Yamato8451 PxP −115 10 −14.6 2.3 10   0.00263
Vermillion PxP −129 13 −11.6 1.5 10   0.00126
Ungrouped pallasites
Milton (USNM7816) Ung.   −97   5     1.6 1.1 10 <0.0001
Zinder Ung. −131   9 −11.5 1.6 10 <0.0001
Primitive achondrites
NWA 4478 Lodranite −130   6   −9.7 1.4 10   0.00740
a

PMG = Main Group Pallasite, PxP = Pyroxene Pallasite, Ung. = Ungrouped Pallasite.

b

Number of measurements.

c

27Al/24Mg ratios are accurate to within 2%.