Table T4. Average compositions of minerals in the major rock types, Hole 735B.
Rock type
N
Olivine
(Fo)
N
Orthopyroxene
(En)
N
Clinopyroxene
 (En)
N
Plagioclase
 (An)
Troctolite (10) 80.6 ± 1.3   NA (13) 46.9 ± 2.0 (10) 65.0 ± 1.7
Troctolitic gabbro and microgabbro (4) 83.2 ± 1.0 (1) 82.9 (3) 50.7 ± 3.5 (5) 74.3 ± 3.1
Olivine gabbro and microgabbro (158) 81.8 ± 4.6 (140) 66.9 ± 6.4 (376) 46.4 ± 4.5 (605) 51.3 ± 12.2
Gabbro (5) 71.6 ± 1.2 (8) 69.6 ± 4.7 (7) 46.8 ± 5.9 (18) 51.3 ± 4.4
Gabbronorite   NA (16) 61.2 ± 4.0 (8) 38.6 ± 1.1 (17) 38.8 ± 6.1
Fe-Ti oxide gabbro and microgabbro (47) 54.4 ± 11.7 (85) 60.7 ± 6.6 (164) 41.5 ± 4.6 (303) 37.8 ± 11.8
Oxide gabbronorite (1) 64.7 (6) 61.9 ± 2.1 (18) 40.0 ± 2.0 (16) 44.2 ± 2.4

Notes: Number in parentheses = the number of microprobe analyses for that mineral. Bold number = the average composition of the mineral for that rock type. ± values = 1 standard deviation. NA = not analyzed.