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Table T3. Sediment sample splits for method precision testing, Expedition 317.

Mineral Sample
1724811a
(wt%)
Sample
1724811b
(wt%)
Sample
1724811c
(wt%)
Standard
deviation
(%)
Nonclays
Quartz 18.3 18.5 17.1 0.8
K-feldspar (orthoclase, microcline, and feldspar) 4.2 4.3 4.7 0.3
Plagioclase (albite, oligoclase, and labradorite) 24.6 24.6 25.2 0.3
Calcite 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.0
Aragonite 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.1
Dolomite 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0
Halite 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1
Pyrite 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.1
Epidote 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.1
Hornblende amphibole 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Prehnite 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1
Clays
Kaolinite (disordered, ordered, and dry branch) 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.2
Smectite (Na- and Ca-Kinney montmorillonite) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Illite (1Md, 1M, 2M) 3.4 4.2 5.7 1.2
Muscovite (2M1) 26.8 26.2 25.8 0.5
Glauconite 5.5 5.2 4.3 0.6
Biotite (1M) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Phlogopite (2M1) 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.6
Chlorite (Cca, CMM, Fe rich, and Mg rich) 12.4 12.9 12.7 0.3
Total: 100.0 100.0 100.0  

Full pattern degree of fit: Sample 1724811a = 0.0856, Sample 1724811b = 0.0944, Sample 1724811c = 0.0845.

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