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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Geochim Cosmochim Acta. 2020 Jan 15;269:639–660. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.10.042

Table 1.

EPMA data (wt%) of the WL rim minerals from the Vigarano CAI Big Guy.

mineral hibonite spinel melilite pyroxene
average SD* average SD average SD top base
No. of analyses 23 20 3
SiO2 0.26 0.16 0.08 0.03 23.22 0.83 37.58 45.48 49.06 50.77 52.83 55.54
TiO2 4.20 0.71 0.23 0.03 0.07 0.01 2.23 3.44 1.71 1.25 0.30 0.05
Al2O3 84.55 1.49 71.04 0.34 34.01 0.56 26.95 12.44 7.73 5.42 3.16 0.54
V2O3 0.03 0.03 0.15 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.06 0.00 0.03
Cr2O3 0.01 0.01 0.22 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.22 0.12 0.16 0.10 0.07 0.01
FeO 0.42 0.77 0.63 0.28 0.18 0.03 1.13 0.26 0.21 0.43 0.59 0.28
MnO 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
MgO 2.22 0.30 28.10 0.24 1.34 0.07 7.89 12.86 14.98 16.26 18.37 19.01
CaO 8.40 0.15 0.12 0.04 40.28 0.35 24.47 25.37 25.56 25.48 25.37 25.39
Na2O 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.00
Total 100.12 100.59 99.15 100.51 99.97 99.48 99.78 100.71 100.85
Si 0.030 0.002 1.069 1.363 1.656 1.790 1.845 1.900 1.984
Ti 0.355 0.004 0.002 0.061 0.094 0.047 0.034 0.008 0.002
Al 11.199 1.981 1.846 1.153 0.534 0.332 0.232 0.134 0.023
V 0.002 0.003 - 0.001 - 0.001 0.002 - 0.001
Cr 0.001 0.004 - 0.006 0.004 0.005 0.003 0.002 0.000
Fe 0.040 0.012 0.007 0.034 0.008 0.006 0.013 0.018 0.009
Mn 0.001 - - - - 0.001 - - -
Mg 0.372 0.991 0.092 0.427 0.698 0.815 0.881 0.985 1.013
Ca 1.011 0.003 1.987 0.951 0.990 0.999 0.992 0.978 0.972
Na 0.004 - 0.003 0.002 - 0.002 0.001 0.001 -
Total 13.015 3.000 5.006 3.998 3.984 3.998 4.003 4.026 4.004
No. of oxygen anions 19 4 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
Ak (mol%) 9.1
*

Standard deviation (1σ).