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. 2017 Jul 28;3(7):e1700571. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1700571

Table 1. Gallium isotopic composition and element concentration of the lunar samples.

n = number of isotopic measurements.

Sample type Sample no. δ71Ga (‰) 2 SD n Ga (ppm) Ga (ppm)*
Mg-suite
  Cataclastic norite 77215 0.16 0.05 1 1.5
Regolith
  Soil 78221 1.16 0.05 1 2.1
Pyroclastic glass
  Green glass 15426 −0.35 0.05 1 1.3 4.7
FANs
  Anorthosite (with melt) 62255 −0.47 0.05 1 0.5
  Cataclastic anorthosite 60015 0.17 0.05 1 1.4
  Ferroan anorthosite 15415 0.85 0.05 1 1.1 3.1
  Noritic anorthosite 67955 0.20 0.05 1 1.9 3.5–4.2
Low-Ti basalts
  Basalt (low Ti) 15499 0.09 0.05 2 3.2 3
  Olivine basalt 12012 0.32 0.02 2 1.1
  Olivine basalt 12040 0.15 0.05 3 1.4 1.9
  Mare basalt (Al-rich) 14053 −0.17 0.05 1 0.8 2.5–4.8
High-Ti basalts
  Basalt (high Ti) 70017 0.15 0.01 3 2.5 3.1–21
  Basalt (high Ti) 10003 0.35 0.06 2 1.7 4.0–4.7
  Basalt (high Ti) 70135 0.57 0.02 2 2.5 7–16
  Ilmenite basalt (high K) 10057 −0.03 0.03 6 4.8
  Ilmenite basalt (high Mg/Fe) 12005 0.22 0.01 3 1.1
BSE 0.00 0.05 3.9§

*Data from Meyer (47).

†Used the 2 SD estimated from Kato et al. (26).

‡Data from Kato et al. (26).

§Data from McDonough (48).