Table 5 Elastic properties of some commons rock-forming minerals

Framework silicates

 K-feldspar

62.66

31.85

2.56

6.41

3.53

0.28

Hearmon (1984)

 Quartz

37

44

2.65

6.05

4.09

0.08

Carmichael (1990)

36.5

45.6

2.65

6.06

4.15

0.06

Anderson and Liebermann (1966)

37.9

44.3

2.65

6.05

4.09

0.08

McSkimin et al. (1965)

 Plagioclase

75.6

25.6

2.63

6.46

3.12

0.35

Woeber et al. (1963)

Sheet silicates

 Muscovite

61.5

41.1

2.79

6.46

3.84

0.23

Aleksandrov and Ryzhova (1961)

42.9

22.2

2.79

5.10

2.82

0.28

Ellis et al. (1988)

 Biotite

59.7

42.3

3.05

6.17

3.73

0.21

Aleksandrov and Ryzhova (1961)

41.1

12.4

3.05

4.35

2.02

0.36

Ellis et al. (1988)

Clay minerals

 Illite

52.59

31.69

2.79

5.83

3.37

0.25

Katahara (1996)

NP

NP

NP

4.32

2.54

0.24

Eastwood et al. (1987)

 Kaolinite

55

31.8

2.52

6.23

3.55

0.26

Katahara (1996)

1.5

1.4

1.58

1.44

0.93

0.14

Woeber et al. (1963)

 Gulf clays

25

9

2.55

3.81

1.88

0.34

Han et al. (1986)

21

7

2.6

3.41

1.64

0.35

Tosaya (1983)

Sulfates

 Anhydrite

56.1

29.1

2.98

5.64

3.13

0.28

Schwerdtner et al. (1965)

62.1

33.6

2.96

6.01

3.37

0.27

Rafavich et al. (1984)

Carbonates

 Siderite

123.7

51.0

3.96

6.96

3.59

0.32

Christensen (1972)

 Calcite

76.8

32.0

2.71

6.64

3.44

0.32

Simmons (1965)

63.7

31.7

2.70

6.26

3.42

0.29

Bhimasenachar (1945)

70.2

29.0

2.71

6.34

3.27

0.32

Peselnick and Robie (1962)

74.8

30.6

2.71

6.53

3.36

0.32

Dandekar (1968)

68.3

28.4

2.71

6.26

3.24

0.32

Anderson and Liebermann (1966)

 Dolomite

94.9

45

2.87

7.34

3.96

0.30

Humbert and Plicque (1972)

76.4

49.7

2.87

7.05

4.16

0.23

Nur and Simmons (1969)

 Halite

24.8

14.9

2.16

4.55

2.63

0.25

Simmons (1965)