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 |