Table T9. Abbreviations used in the Leg 183 alteration and vein/structure logs.
 
Colors
Minerals Mineral proportions Other
B = brown
Am, Si = amorphous silica Tr = trace (<1%) Ox = oxidized
Bl = blue
C = clay X + Y = 50:50 x:y P = piece(s)
Bk = black
CO3 = calcium carbonate X > Y = 70:30 x:y V = vertical
G = gray
Cu = native copper X >> Y = 90:10 x:y R = rubble
Gn = green
Cp = chalcopyrite X>>>Y = 99:1 x:y Blank = same as above
Pk = pink
FeOx = iron-oxyhydroxides
-> = altered to
Pr = purple
Go = goethite
Bx = breccia
R = red
He = hematite

Or = orange
Ol = olivine

W = white
Pl = plagioclase

G-Gn = gray-green, etc.
Py = pyrite

Lt = light
Gyp = gypsum

Dk = dark
Z = zeolite

Note: All other minerals and colors are not abbreviated.