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Table 3 Mineral abundance of UTPS-TB

From: Surface environment of Phobos and Phobos simulant UTPS

Mineral

Tagish Lake*

Tagish Lake**

UTPS-TB

 

Vol.%

Vol.%

Wt.%

Phyllosilicate

71.2

65

60.5

Olivine

7

 

7.3

Magnetite

4.5

6

7.7

Sulfide

5.6

12

9.2

Carbonate

11.7

12

10.3

Ferrihydrite

 

6.5

 

Carbon

  

~ 5

Total

   
  1. *Data from Bland et al. 2004
  2. **Data from Izawa et al. 2010
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