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Table 3 Dissolution rate (R) in mol m−2 s−1, 25 °C, pH 5.

From: Rocks control the chemical composition of surface water from the high Alpine Zermatt area (Swiss Alps)

Mineral

logR

References

Quartz

−13.4

Rimstidt and Barnes (1980)

Kaolinite

−13.3

Nagy et al. (1991)

Muscovite

−13.1

Lin and Clemency (1981)

Epidote

−12.6

Rose (1991)

K-feldspar

−12.4

Blum and Stillings (1995)

Albite

−12.3

Burch et al. (1993)

Biotite

−12.2

Acker and Bricker (1992)

Gibbsite

−11.5

Nagy and Lasaga (1992)

Chrysotile

−11.4

Bales and Morgan (1985)

Diopside

−10.2

Schott et al. (1989)

Enstatite

−10

Schott et al. (1989)

Forsterite

−9.5

Blum and Lasaga (1988)

Chrysotile

−8.6

Hume and Rimstidt (1992)

Anorthite

−8.6

Fleer (1982)

Wollastonite

−8.0

Rimstidt and Dove (1986)

Dolomite

−6.6

Wollast (1990)

Calcite

−5.1

Wollast (1990)