Table T7.
Microprobe analyses of amphiboles in Leg 176 gabbros.
Major
element oxides (wt%):
SiO2
46.77
45.80
48.19
42.80
45.90
48.80
38.89
39.62
46.66
43.75
50.05
46.83
56.07
43.75
47.95
42.34
54.68
53.37
49.34
48.09
43.23
52.94
49.80
51.33
44.51
TiO2
3.06
1.67
0.42
3.31
0.86
0.49
1.38
3.22
0.74
2.78
0.56
0.59
0.01
3.77
1.11
3.59
0.07
0.43
1.11
1.99
3.56
0.30
1.28
0.82
0.56
Al2O3
10.24
10.38
9.53
11.32
8.41
3.91
11.39
11.01
7.65
10.11
4.86
7.09
1.73
11.66
2.86
11.32
2.74
3.17
4.48
6.37
11.40
1.94
5.08
3.75
10.94
Cr2O3
0.68
0.01
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.11
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.07
0.03
0.06
0.00
0.31
0.01
0.01
0.07
0.01
0.00
0.01
0.01
FeOt
6.57
11.07
10.67
12.52
17.29
13.61
20.65
14.82
4.91
15.21
15.70
18.07
11.23
10.05
6.94
11.28
9.63
6.81
17.95
14.59
11.19
17.01
14.44
14.30
11.22
MnO
0.10
0.18
0.17
0.21
0.22
0.30
0.20
0.19
0.11
0.25
0.33
0.27
0.05
0.14
0.19
0.17
0.29
0.12
0.31
0.36
0.15
0.19
0.41
0.38
0.18
MgO
17.13
15.47
16.08
13.65
11.88
17.06
8.23
11.68
15.50
12.13
13.17
11.43
23.81
14.68
15.35
13.39
17.19
20.45
11.86
13.79
13.16
12.77
14.07
13.83
15.07
CaO
13.00
11.04
11.40
10.88
11.04
8.70
11.25
11.03
14.04
10.87
11.61
11.11
0.60
11.19
18.67
11.03
12.11
10.27
10.53
10.01
10.96
11.64
10.38
11.36
10.99
NiO
0.10
0.02
0.03
0.01
0.03
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.03
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.08
0.04
0.00
0.01
0.03
0.10
0.01
0.02
0.01
0.05
0.02
0.03
0.03
Na2O
2.43
2.33
1.78
2.78
1.59
1.00
2.64
2.85
1.31
2.43
1.11
1.67
0.08
2.62
0.44
2.72
0.60
0.63
1.07
2.15
3.32
0.58
1.51
0.75
2.64
K2O
0.01
0.22
0.30
0.27
0.38
0.06
0.42
0.31
0.00
0.35
0.10
0.37
0.08
0.20
0.00
0.26
0.03
0.07
0.30
0.22
0.29
0.10
0.22
0.27
0.26
P2O5
0.08
0.03
0.01
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.03
0.04
0.01
0.04
0.01
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.01
0.00
0.01
0.03
Total:
100.16
98.22
98.57
97.77
97.61
93.97
95.07
94.76
91.06
97.91
97.52
97.46
93.77
98.21
93.55
96.22
97.38
95.76
96.97
97.59
97.38
97.52
97.22
96.84
96.42
Calculated
cation proportions:
Si
6.8260
6.9061
7.1835
6.5813
7.1575
7.6709
6.4533
6.4115
7.3825
6.7841
7.6909
7.3362
8.3622
6.6076
7.5766
6.5854
8.1103
7.9394
7.7025
7.3750
6.6390
8.1275
7.6319
7.8705
6.8617
Ti
0.3352
0.1892
0.0467
0.3822
0.1005
0.0583
0.1717
0.3919
0.0879
0.3243
0.0654
0.0697
0.0011
0.4277
0.1315
0.4202
0.0074
0.0481
0.1306
0.2301
0.4106
0.0350
0.1471
0.0951
0.0649
Al
1.7589
1.8451
1.6742
2.0506
1.5452
0.7251
2.2304
2.1013
1.4267
1.8470
0.8841
1.3093
0.3035
2.0754
0.5316
2.0749
0.4818
0.5514
0.8255
1.1561
2.0636
0.3548
0.9179
0.6796
1.9873
Cr
0.0780
0.0014
0.0003
0.0018
0.0004
0.0010
0.0013
0.0007
0.0136
0.0006
0.0009
0.0005
0.0004
0.0079
0.0035
0.0070
0.0000
0.0365
0.0006
0.0010
0.0087
0.0006
0.0005
0.0017
0.0007
Fe
0.7997
1.3933
1.3281
1.6068
2.2517
1.7934
2.8658
2.0035
0.6486
1.9691
2.0159
2.3640
1.3984
1.2677
0.9160
1.4650
1.1981
0.8496
2.3403
1.8701
1.4349
2.1879
1.8478
1.8323
1.4445
Mn
0.0129
0.0227
0.0218
0.0270
0.0284
0.0402
0.0281
0.0261
0.0150
0.0326
0.0434
0.0353
0.0064
0.0184
0.0257
0.0225
0.0364
0.0154
0.0411
0.0465
0.0194
0.0243
0.0526
0.0489
0.0231
Ni
0.0111
0.0029
0.0030
0.0015
0.0039
0.0028
0.0009
0.0018
0.0035
0.0023
0.0009
0.0015
0.0093
0.0049
0.0005
0.0014
0.0033
0.0121
0.0012
0.0023
0.0017
0.0054
0.0021
0.0032
0.0033
Mg
3.7235
3.4753
3.5700
3.1260
2.7604
3.9973
2.0356
2.8168
3.6522
2.8027
3.0137
2.6665
5.2887
3.3015
3.6129
3.1034
3.7888
4.5444
2.7591
3.1478
3.0113
2.9145
3.2120
3.1580
3.4603
Ca
2.0315
1.7836
1.8202
1.7925
1.8437
1.4600
2.0012
1.9124
2.3787
1.8054
1.9105
1.8649
0.0958
1.8101
3.1583
1.8372
1.9262
1.6245
1.7603
1.6453
1.8025
1.9142
1.7040
1.8666
1.8140
Na
0.6842
0.6822
0.5133
0.8271
0.4794
0.3049
0.8517
0.8958
0.4015
0.7311
0.3321
0.5081
0.0236
0.7659
0.1352
0.8210
0.1729
0.1812
0.3244
0.6409
0.9882
0.1723
0.4488
0.2235
0.7879
K
0.0027
0.0414
0.0564
0.0535
0.0758
0.0127
0.0899
0.0638
0.0000
0.0685
0.0190
0.0747
0.0144
0.0377
0.0004
0.0516
0.0057
0.0133
0.0606
0.0431
0.0573
0.0191
0.0427
0.0522
0.0513
P
0.0093
0.0034
0.0010
0.0027
0.0016
0.0019
0.0000
0.0008
0.0013
0.0013
0.0018
0.0010
0.0043
0.0053
0.0018
0.0053
0.0012
0.0022
0.0000
0.0001
0.0030
0.0016
0.0005
0.0010
0.0037
Total:
16.273
16.347
16.218
16.453
16.248
16.068
16.730
16.626
16.012
16.369
15.979
16.232
15.508
16.330
16.094
16.395
15.732
15.818
15.946
16.158
16.440
15.757
16.008
15.833
16.503
Mg#
82.3
71.4
72.9
66.0
55.0
69.2
41.6
58.4
84.9
58.8
59.9
53.0
79.1
72.3
79.8
67.9
75.5
84.2
54.1
62.6
67.7
57.1
63.5
63.3
70.5
Notes: * = ODP sample designations are listed in Table T1. N = averages of a number of point analyses on more than one crystal in a thin section are reported. The analyses were done on a JXA-8800L Superprobe at The University of Queensland. See text for analytical details.