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).
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0 $\pm$ 0.01
Chemical composition
Formula
$Na_{0.5}Ca_{0.5}Mg_{1.0}Fe_{0.7}Al_{1.1}Si_{3.3}O_{10}(OH)_2$
Chemical formula
$Na_{0.5}Ca_{0.5}Mg_{1.0}Fe_{0.7}Al_{1.1}Si_{3.3}O_{10}(OH)_2$
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