Constituent
Name
Saponite Griffithite
Family
mineral
Class
silicate mineral
Compound type
phyllosilicate
Comments
The chemical formula given for the constituent "Saponite Griffithite" was measured by Rubino et al. 2020, by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX at 15 keV) on a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0 ± 0.01
Formula
Na0.5Ca0.5Mg1.0Fe0.7Al1.1Si3.3O10(OH)2
Chemical formula
Na0.5Ca0.5Mg1.0Fe0.7Al1.1Si3.3O10(OH)2
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
H Hydrogen element 2 0.0947867298578199 0.004901229161427249 constituent element main
O Oxygen element 12 0.5687203791469194 0.46679401062765125 constituent element main
Si Silicon element 3.3 0.15639810426540282 0.22533903621434534 constituent element main
Mg Magnesium element 1 0.04739336492890995 0.05909298905117828 constituent element main
Fe Iron element 0.7 0.03317535545023696 0.09504355406270873 constituent element main
Al Aluminium element 1.1 0.05213270142180095 0.07216053246579383 constituent element main
Ca Calcium element 0.5 0.023696682464454975 0.04872102067873119 constituent element main
Na Sodium element 0.5 0.023696682464454975 0.027947627738164057 constituent element main
Phase type
crystalline