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Table 12 Composition of amphibole from two samples of TGU Grt-Ph schist

From: The Theodul Glacier Unit, a slab of pre-Alpine rocks in the Alpine meta-ophiolite of Zermatt-Saas, Western Alps

 

KB860

OK-Z129

OK-Z129

Hornblende

Hornblende

Actinolite

Actinolite

Hornblende

Hornblende

Point

76

77

4

5

2

3

SiO2

48.37

48.76

55.04

54.86

49.20

48.43

TiO2

0.07

0.04

0.03

0.06

0.07

0.12

Al2O3

11.29

11.96

3.74

3.29

11.07

12.28

FeO

13.38

13.17

7.82

8.75

13.71

13.49

MnO

0.17

0.12

0.13

0.14

0.14

0.35

MgO

12.73

12.22

18.69

18.24

12.40

11.78

CaO

9.05

8.71

12.35

12.38

8.86

8.99

Na2O

2.16

2.57

0.60

0.46

2.67

2.35

K2O

0.23

0.15

0.07

0.06

0.19

0.34

Total

97.45

97.7

98.45

98.24

98.32

98.12

Si

6.995

7.010

7.668

7.694

7.057

6.961

AlIV

1.005

0.990

0.332

0.306

0.943

1.039

AlVI

0.919

1.037

0.282

0.237

0.929

1.041

Ti

0.008

0.004

0.003

0.006

0.007

0.013

Fe

1.618

1.583

0.911

1.026

1.645

1.622

Mn

0.021

0.015

0.015

0.017

0.017

0.043

Mg

2.744

2.619

3.881

3.813

2.652

2.525

Ca

1.402

1.342

1.843

1.860

1.362

1.385

Na

0.606

0.716

0.161

0.124

0.744

0.655

K

0.042

0.028

0.012

0.010

0.035

0.062

XFe

0.37

0.38

0.19

0.21

0.38

0.39

  1. Formula based on 23 oxygen