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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 27.
Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2017 Sep 27;549(7673):511–515. doi: 10.1038/nature23899

Table 1.

Magnesium isotope compositions of chondrites, terrestrial (ultra-)mafics, and achondrites.

Sample Type δ25Mg (‰) 2se n1
Orgueil CI1 -0.105 0.010 8
Ivuna CI1 -0.095 0.008 12
Al Rais CR2 -0.094 0.008 12
Renazzo CR2 -0.135 0.008 12
Kainsaz CO3 -0.158 0.010 8
Murchison CM2 -0.145 0.010 8
Parnallee LL3 -0.152 0.009 11
Dhurmsala LL6 -0.148 0.010 8
Ceniceros H3 -0.157 0.009 11
Zag H3 -0.132 0.007 19,2
Khairpur EL6 -0.137 0.006 23,2
Hvittis EL6 -0.135 0.008 12
Yilmia EL6 -0.130 0.007 16
St Mark's EH5 -0.129 0.006 23,2
Abee EH4 -0.142 0.008 12
Indarch EH4 -0.128 0.008 12
Mean Chondrites2 -0.140 0.006
JP-1 Dunite -0.117 0.004 43,5
BZ116 Sp Hz -0.133 0.009 11
Vi 313-102 Gt Lz -0.130 0.010 8
BZ143 Sp Lz -0.120 0.009 11
BZ-29 Sp Lz -0.115 0.010 8
Vi 314-56 Sp Lz -0.115 0.010 8
BZ251 Plg Lz -0.129 0.010 8
2370-1 MORB -0.111 0.010 8
DS12-29 MORB -0.110 0.010 8
9/30a(1) MORB -0.124 0.010 8
BIR-1 OIB -0.099 0.010 8
BHVO-2 OIB -0.095 0.004 60,3
Mean Earth3 -0.121 0.005
ALHA 77005 Lz Sherg -0.112 0.009 11
DaG 476 Bas Sherg -0.123 0.009 11
EETA 79001 Bas Sherg -0.113 0.009 11
RBT 04262 Ol Sherg -0.117 0.010 8
Zagami Bas Sherg -0.113 0.010 8
LAR 06319 Ol Sherg -0.102 0.009 11
Mean Mars -0.113 0.006
Johnstown Diogenite -0.102 0.010 8
Shalka Diogenite -0.104 0.010 8
Tatahouine Diogenite -0.127 0.010 8
Mean Diogenites -0.111 0.016
d'Orbigny Angrite -0.079 0.010 8
1

Total number of analyses. If a comma is present, the number behind the comma refers to the number of digestions. Each digestion was passed through chemistry once.

2

The two CI1 chondrites (Ivuna, Orgueil) and one CR2 (Al Rais) were excluded from the mean.

3

The two Ocean Island Basalts (BHVO-2 and BIR-1) were excluded from the mean.

Sp Hz = Spinel Harzburgite, Gt Lz = Garnet Lherzolite, Plg = Plagioclase, MORB = Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt, OIB = Ocean Island basalt, Bas Sherg = Basaltic Shergottite, Ol = Olivine-phyric.