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Table 5.16: Average mineralogical composition of the upper continental crust
according to Grigor'ev (2007). Results are given in percentage mass. - conti-
nued from previous page
Mineral
Abundance, mass %
Pigeonite
6.90E-02
Diopside
4.80E-01
Hedenbergite
8.20E-03
Ferrosilite
5.00E-02
Spodumente
9.60E-07
Jadeite
2.90E-03
Aegirine
9.00E-02
Omphacite
2.50E-04
Augite
1.21E+00
Enstatite
4.40E-02
Bronzite
6.50E-02
Hypersthene
4.30E-01
Cummingtonite
4.60E-01
Tremolite
5.50E-02
Actinolite
3.90E-01
Riebeckite
1.70E-01
Arfvedsonite
3.10E-03
Glaucophane
1.50E-03
Crossite
5.10E-02
Hastingsite
3.10E-01
Hornblende
3.16E+00
Anthophyllite
3.30E-03
Gedrite
5.10E-03
Aenigmatite
1.10E-04
Wollastonite
5.70E-04
Rhodonite
3.30E-04
Miserite
1.80E-07
Ramsayite/ Lorenzenite
5.00E-06
Phyllosilicates (sheets)
Talc
4.60E-02
Pyrophyllite
1.00E-03
Paragonite
5.60E-01
Muscovite
1.99E+00
Glauconite
1.30E-01
Phengite
3.90E-02
Phlogopite
1.30E-02
Biotite
7.49E+00
Lepidomelane/ Annite
7.60E-02
Hydromuscovite/ Illite
2.51E+00
Hydrobiotite
4.80E-01
Stilpnomelane
2.80E-02
Montmorillonite
4.30E-01
Beidellite
1.60E-01
Nontronite
5.70E-01
Vermiculite
5.40E-02
Pennine
2.70E-01
Clinochlore
6.90E-01
Ripidolite/ Clinochlore
1.89E+00
Sepiolite
5.50E-01
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