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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 8.
Published in final edited form as: Lithos. 2015 Dec 7;244:74–93. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.11.028

Table A1-B -.

Assessment of the accuracy and precision of the bulk-rock major and minor element data generated during this study.

Bulk-rock sample duplicate analyses
GV1285 GV1285 - duplicate Ext. Precision (2-sigma) BO1251 BO1251 - duplicate Ext. Precision (2- sigma)
Al2O3 (wt%) 4.21 4.19 1% 703% 702% 0%
CaO 3.165 3.174 0% 454% 452% 1%
Fe2O3 45.78 45.7 0% 1426% 1420% 1%
K2O 0.09 0.09 0% 22% 22% 0%
MgO 2.25 2.25 0% 3024% 3027% 0%
MnO 0.047 0.049 6% 20% 19% 3%
Na2O 0.22 0.22 0% 102% 102% 0%
P2O5 0.007 0.007 0% 12% 11% 2%
SiO2 11.45 11.43 0% 4153% 4143% 0%
TiO2 0.16 0.16 0% 90% 90% 0%
Bulk-rock duplicate analyses of reference materials
OKUM-1 OKUM-2 OKUM-3 Ext. Precision (2-sigma) IAG preliminary certified value Deviation of OKUM average from IAG value
Al2O3 (wt%) 7.95 7.98 8.02 1% 7.973 0%
CaO 7.877 7.922 7.939 1% 7.859 1%
Fe2O3 11.76 11.81 11.83 1% 11.81 0%
K2O 0.07 0.05 0.05 41% 0.045 26%
MgO 21.47 21.59 21.7 1% 21.27 1%
MnO 0.183 0.182 0.182 1% 0.181 1%
Na2O 1.08 1.10 1.11 3% 1.14 −4%
P2O5 0.024 0.023 0.024 5% 0.027 −12%
SiO2 43.84 44.01 44.26 1% 44.113 0%
TiO2 0.37 0.38 0.37 3% 0.381 −2%
Bulk-rock duplicate analyses of reference materials
BHVO-2 GeoReM preferred value Deviation from GeoReM value* BIR-1 GeoReM preferred value Deviation from GeoReM value*
Al2O3 (wt%) 13.67 13.5 1.3% 15.66 15.4 1.7%
CaO 11.556 11.4 1.4% 13.482 13.4 0.6%
Fe2O3 12.43 12.3 1.1% 11.44 11.3 1.2%
K2O 0.51 0.52 −1.9% 0.02 0.03 −33.3%
MgO 7.36 7.23 1.8% 9.79 9.7 0.9%
MnO 0.171 0.17 0.6% 0.18 0.176 0.6%
Na2O 2.21 2.22 −0.5% 1.79 1.81 −1.1%
P2O5 0.275 0.27 1.9% 0.02 0.027 −18.5%
SiO2 50.06 49.9 0.3% 47.85 47.7 0.3%
TiO2 2.74 2.73 0.4% 0.96 0.97 −1.0%