Constituent
Name
amorphous volcanic glass
Family
mineral
Class
silicate mineral
Compound type
silicate
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
0.3 $\pm$ 0.002
Chemical composition
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
$Si$ Silicon element 0.439 mol/mol 0.3629520668690023 constituent element main SiO2 = 46.23 wt%
$Ti$ Titanium element 0.0025 mol/mol 0.0035227255710299794 constituent element main TiO2 = 0.35 wt%
$Al$ Aluminium element 0.021 mol/mol 0.01667971400264066 constituent element main Al2O3 = 1.86 wt%
$Fe$ Iron element 0.174 mol/mol 0.28604617005841554 constituent element main FeO = 21.88 wt%
$Mg$ Magnesium element 0.198 mol/mol 0.1416652751228944 constituent element main MgO = 13.99 wt%
$Ca$ Calcium element 0.1505 mol/mol 0.17755999927364405 constituent element main CaO = 14.78 wt%
$Na$ Sodium element 0.012 mol/mol 0.008121167212290939 constituent element main Na2O = 0.66 wt%
$K$ Potassium element 0.003 mol/mol 0.003452881890082139 constituent element main K2O = 0.24 wt%
Composition comments
Nakhlite composition
Phase type
amorphous
Texture
amorphous