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Table 2 A partial list of secondary minerals in the Allende coarse-grained igneous CAIs, their formulae, and abbreviations used in the text

From: Infiltration metasomatism of the Allende coarse-grained calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions

Mineral/abbreviation

Chemical formula

Adrianite

Ca12(Al4Mg3Si7)O32Cl6

Anorthite/an

CaAl2Si2O8 (tricl.)

Andradite/andr

Ca3Fe2Si3O12

Awaruite

Ni3Fe

Beckettite

Ca2(V,Al,Ti,Mg)6Al6O20

Calcite/cal

CaCO3

Celsian/cls

BaAl2Si2O8

Clintonite/cln

Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3Si)O10(OH)2

Corundum/cor

Al2O3

Coulsonite

(Fe,Mg)(V,Al)2O4

Diopside-Ca-Tschermakitess

CaMgSiO6-CaAl2SiO6

Dmisteinbergite/dms

CaAl2Si2O8 (hex.)

Forsterite/fo

Mg2SiO4

Grossular/grs

Ca3Al2Si3O12

Heazlewoodite/hzw

Ni3S2

Hedenbergite/hed

CaFeSi2O6

Hercynite

(Fe,Mg)Al2O4

Hutcheonite/htc

Ca3Ti2Si3O12

Ilmenite

FeTiO3

Kaolinite

Al2Si2O5(OH)4

Magnetite/mgt

Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Margarite/mrg

CaAl2(Al2Si2)O10(OH)2

Molybdenite

MoS2

Monticellite/mnl

Ca(Mg,Fe)SiO4

Montmorillonite

(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)•2n(H2O)

Na-melilite/Na-mel

(CaNa)2(Al,Mg)[(AlSi)2O7]

Nepheline/nph

NaAlSiO4

Ferromagnesian olivine/ol

(Fe,Mg)2SiO4

Pentlandite/pnt

(Fe,Ni)9S8

Scheelite

Ca(WO4)

Sodalite/sod

Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2

Sphene

CaTiSiO5

Spinel/sp

(Mg,Fe)Al2O4

Tilleyite/tlt

Ca5Si2O7(CO3)2

Vesuvianite

Ca10Mg2Al4(SiO4)5(Si2O7)2(OH)4

Wadalite/wad

Ca12Al10Si4O32Cl6

Wollastonite/wol

CaSiO3