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. 2020 Mar 17;5(12):6545–6555. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b04228

Table 2. Mineral Composition of Sandstone Samples from QEMSCAN Analysis (Clays Are Indicated in Bold Type).

  Kentucky
Bandera Brown
Berea
1 2 1 2 1 2
mineral name mass % mass % mass % mass % mass % mass %
quartz 61.4 59.2 47.9 56.2 84.8 83.6
K-feldspar 0.9 0.7 0 0 2.7 3.2
plagioclase 15.2 14.5 10.3 11.1 1.5 1.7
siderite 0 0 0.1 0 0.5 0.6
mica 9.8 11.1 10.4 8.2 2.5 2.5
illite 5.4 9 7 6.7 2 2.5
smectite 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1
kaolinite 0.3 0.4 2.9 3.8 2.6 3.8
chlorite 2.4 1.6 16.6 10.3 0.5 0.4
others 4.1 3.2 4.4 3.5 2.7 1.7
total clay 8.6 11.3 26.8 21.1 5.2 6.8