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Table T4. X-ray diffraction results for bulk mineral standard mixtures.

Mix
Basal peak area (counts)
Calculated abundance (wt%)
Error (wt%; calculated - measured)
Total clay (4.49 Å) Quartz (3.34 Å) Plagioclase (3.21-3.18 Å) Calcite (3.04 Å) Total clay (4.49 Å) Quartz (3.34 Å) Plagioclase (3.21–3.18 Å) Calcite (3.04 Å) Total clay (4.49 Å) Quartz (3.34 Å) Plagioclase (3.21-3.18 Å) Calcite (3.04 Å)
1 364 360 234 222 77 9 8 6 0.8 0.4 0.0 -1.1
2 251 393 289 158 69 14 12 5 -2.1 2.6 1.2 -1.7
3 222 571 307 130 63 21 13 4 -4.2 4.6 0.1 -0.5
4 258 336 248 337 63 10 10 18 -0.4 -0.7 -0.5 1.6
5 177 276 153 456 51 10 7 32 -8.2 2.1 1.1 4.9
6 219 702 272 236 56 23 10 11 2.7 -4.3 0.4 1.1
7 169 200 496 386 47 7 20 26 -1.9 1.3 -6.3 6.9
8 136 745 119 431 39 26 5 29 -1.3 -4.5 0.1 5.7
9 93 355 166 595 32 14 8 46 -7.5 0.8 -0.9 7.6
10 92 490 302 543 30 18 13 40 -6.4 -1.2 -2.3 9.9
11 51 291 243 794 21 11 10 58 -2.4 -1.9 -2.6 7.0
12 50 127 177 833 22 6 8 64 1.8 0.2 3.5 -5.5
13 45 1508 505 126 16 56 21 7 -1.1 0.4 -0.1 0.7
14 45 1352 1203 60 14 43 43 0 -0.7 -2.5 4.9 -1.7
15 0 3059 0 0 4 96 0 0 3.8 -8 0.0 0.0
16 0 0 2583 0 3 1 97 0 2.6 0.7 -2 0.0
17 0 0 0 1050 11 3 2 84 11.4 2.5 2.2 -16.1
18 406 0 0 0 99 0 1 0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0

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