Table 3 Representative SEM-EDS data of major phases in JMSS-1 (wt%)

From: JMSS-1: a new Martian soil simulant

	Olivine	Pyroxene	Plagioclase	Ilmenite	Magnetite	Hematite
SiO₂	37.69	52.95	52.25	2.43	1.38	0.78
TiO₂	0.19	0.75	0.15	47.05	0.25	0.39
Al₂O₃	0.25	2.74	28.96	0.78	0.53	0.15
Cr₂O₃	0.1	0.75	0.15	0.09	0.18	0.7
Fe₂O₃	29.48	7.18	0.93	47.43	94.83	96.84
MnO	0.48	0.18	0.06	0.57	0.45	0.91
MgO	30.87	16.12	1.16	0.62	0.89	0
CaO	0.41	18.25	10.99	0.36	0.34	0.18
Na₂O	0.39	0.6	4.06	0.27	0.35	0
K₂O	0.14	0.11	0.39	0.3	0.35	0.05
P₂O₅	0	0.35	0.91	0.1	0.44	0

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