1998 recommended or preferable (with asterisks)
values for major, minor and trace elements
in five GSJ reference samples, (in % from SiO2 to T-Fe2O3 and µg g-1 from Ag to Zr, unless otherwise noted)
N. Imai et al. (1999) Geostandards Newsletter, 23, 223-250.
Average, Standard deviation and number of measurement
JR-3 | JGb-2 | JH-1 | JSy-1 | JMn-1 | |||||
SiO2 | 72.76 | 46.47 | 48.18 | 60.02 | 14.11 | ||||
Al2O3 | 11.90 | 23.48 | 5.66 | 23.17 | 4.30 | ||||
Fe2O3 | 2.61 | 0.62 | 1.39* | - | - | ||||
FeO | 1.86 | 5.41 | 8.09* | - | - | ||||
MnO | 0.083 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.0024 | 33.09 | ||||
MgO | 0.050 | 6.18 | 16.73 | 0.016 | 3.12 | ||||
CaO | 0.093 | 14.10 | 15.02 | 0.25 | 2.91 | ||||
Na2O | 4.69 | 0.92 | 0.71 | 10.74 | 2.80 | ||||
K2O | 4.29 | 0.059 | 0.53 | 4.82 | 0.94 | ||||
TiO2 | 0.21 | 0.56 | 0.67 | 0.0015* | 1.06 | ||||
P2O5 | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.099 | 0.014* | 0.54 | ||||
H2O+ | 0.72* | 1.46* | 1.82* | - | 7.90* | ||||
H2O- | 0.24* | 0.14 | 0.18* | - | - | ||||
T-Fe2O3 | 4.72 | 6.69 | 10.27 | 0.084 | 14.40 | ||||
Ag | 0.036* | - | - | - | - | ||||
As | 1.1* | 0.96* | 1.0* | 0.90* | 75.4 | ||||
Au (ng g-1) | - | - | - | - | 0.95* | ||||
B | 11.4* | 4.9* | 10.8* | 14.5* | 138* | ||||
Ba | 65.8 | 36.5 | 106 | 15.7 | 1714 | ||||
Be | 7.6 | - | 0.43* | 0.80* | 7.8* | ||||
Bi | 0.21* | 0.022* | 0.067* | 0.009* | 4.3* | ||||
C | 230* | 880* | 1630* | 340* | 905* | ||||
Cd | 0.064* | - | - | - | 15.5* | ||||
Ce | 327 | 3.0 | 17.6 | 2.6 | 277 | ||||
Co | 0.98 | 25.8 | 51.5 | 0.16* | 1732 | ||||
Cr | 3.5 | 125 | 616 | 2.0 | 26.6 | ||||
Cs | 1.0 | 0.51 | 0.87 | 0.69 | 0.60 | ||||
Cu | 2.9 | 11.4 | 8.6 | 1.3 | 11132 | ||||
Dy | 21.5* | 0.60* | 2.5 | 0.37 | 28.3* | ||||
Er | 14.0* | 0.36* | 1.2 | 0.30 | 14.6 | ||||
Eu | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.86 | 0.16 | 7.6 | ||||
Ga | 36.6 | 15.9 | 7.9 | 23.5 | 37.1* | ||||
Gd | 19.7* | 0.48* | 2.7* | 0.27 | 29.8* | ||||
Hf | 40.3 | 0.25 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 6.2* | ||||
Hg (ng g-1) | 3.4* | 1.9* | 1.9* | 0.5* | - | ||||
Ho | 4.7* | 0.15* | 0.53 | 0.094 | 5.8 | ||||
La | 179 | 1.5 | 7.9 | 1.2 | 122 | ||||
Li | 120* | 15.7* | 12.1* | 15.3* | 71.7* | ||||
Lu | 2.8 | 0.062 | 0.17 | 0.076 | 2.1 | ||||
Mo | 0.49 | 0.42 | 0.77 | 0.048* | 318 | ||||
Nb | 510 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 0.51 | 27.6* | ||||
Nd | 107 | 1.8 | 11.6 | 1.2 | 137 | ||||
Ni | 1.6* | 13.6 | 58.2 | 1.1 | 12632 | ||||
Pb | 32.8 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 430 | ||||
Pr | 33.1 | 0.39* | 2.3* | 0.32 | 31.4* | ||||
Pt (ng g-1) | - | - | - | - | 110* | ||||
Rb | 453 | 2.9 | 14.4 | 66.3 | 10.9 | ||||
S | 39* | 599* | 567* | 13* | 940* | ||||
Sb | 0.17* | 0.12* | 0.067* | 0.15 | 37.5 | ||||
Sc | 0.50 | 24.7 | 77.6 | - | 13.0* | ||||
Sm | 21.3 | 0.51 | 3.1 | 0.27 | 30.2 | ||||
Sn | 17.4 | 0.48* | 0.92* | 0.17 | 4.4* | ||||
Sr | 10.4 | 438 | 153 | 19.3 | 792 | ||||
Ta | 36.8 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.013* | 0.64* | ||||
Tb | 4.29 | 0.15 | 0.52 | 0.057* | 4.8 | ||||
Th | 112 | 0.19 | 1.4 | 0.23 | 11.7 | ||||
Tl | 0.93* | - | - | 0.96* | - | ||||
Tm | - | 0.059* | 0.19* | 0.053 | 2.1 | ||||
U | 21.1 | 0.041* | 0.58 | 0.20 | 5.0 | ||||
V | 4.2 | 174 | 228 | 2.1 | 424 | ||||
W | 7.8* | 1.6* | - | 0.06* | 45.3* | ||||
Y | 166 | 4.5 | 13.7 | 2.6 | 111 | ||||
Yb | 20.3 | 0.39 | 1.2 | 0.41 | 13.8 | ||||
Zn | 209 | 48.5 | 61.8 | 3.2 | 1068 | ||||
Zr | 1494 | 11.6 | 48.3 | 70.2 | 344 |