Constituent
Name
CAIs Allende
Family
mineral
Class
complex mix
Compound type
complex mineral mix
Comments
Spinel is a typical mineral in all CAIs
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
heterogeneous in multi-phases
Abundance comments
62% of components other than matrix = chondrules, CAIs, metal grains... = complex mix of minerals (more or less crystalline, more or less hydrated) in Allende (Alexander et al., 2007)
Chemical composition
Isotope mixture type
unknown
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
$O$ Oxygen element in complex main
$Ca$ Calcium element in complex main
$Si$ Silicon element in complex main
$Al$ Aluminium element in complex main
Phase type
mixed
Texture
complex