Material
Name
Quartz
Origin
natural terrestrial
Comments
Mass fraction certainly < 0.08 (for raw and 0.04-0.05 for < 2µm size - Vogt 2002)
Abundance in layer
Relevance
main - major
Mass
0.02 ± 0.01 g
Mass fraction
0.06 ± 0.02
Texture
compact
Grain sizes
Grains Size min Size max Size median Size width Size mass fraction Grain shape
#1 25.0 μm 50.0 μm 1.0 None
Size method
dry sieving between 25 and 50 µm meshs, without grinding
Number
1
Arrangement
single phase
  Name Compound type Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Adsorbat name
Quartz tektosilicate single phase 1.0 ± 0.001