Table 3 Minerals and clays identified on or related to naturally altered glasses (focus on anthropogenic glasses).
Group | Mineral | Unknown/formation driver or not listed | Listed as possibly formed due to biological interaction | Listed as possibly abiotically induced |
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Sulfates | Syngenite [K2Ca(SO4)2·H2O] |  | Found with associated fungal hyphae, but listed as abiotically induced—10,158,178,179 | |
Polyhalite [K2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O] |  |  | ||
Gorgeyte [K2SO4·5CaSO4·H2O] |  |  | ||
Gypsum [CaSO4·2H2O] | ||||
Arcanite [K2SO4] | Â | Â | ||
Anglesite [PbSO4] | Â | Â | ||
Carbonates | Calcite [CaCO3] | Can be if accompanied by the formation of weddellite and whewellite—54,125,182 | ||
Weddellite [CaC2O4·2H2O] |  | |||
Whewellite [CaC2O4·H2O] |  | |||
K2CO3 | Â | Â | ||
Ankerite [Ca(Fe,Mg,Mn)(CO3)2] | Â | Â | ||
Eitelite [Na2Mg(CO3)2] | Â | Â | ||
Cerussite [PbCO3] | Â | Â | ||
Chukanovite [Fe(OH)2CO3] | Â | Â | ||
Siderite [FeCO3] | Â | Â | ||
Silicates | Amorphous (SiO2) | Â | Â | |
Quartz [SiO2] | Â | |||
Clays | 174 Smectite; 175 palygorskite; 185 stevensite; | Â | ||
Phosphates | K6P6O12·3H2O |  |  | |
K2CaP6O18·6H2O |  |  | ||
K3P3O9 | Â | Â | ||
(Fe,Mg,Mn)3PO4·8H2O |  |  | ||
Ca2P2O7·2H2O |  |  | ||
Chlorides | Sylvite (KCl) | Â | Â | |
Metals, metal oxides and sulfides | Bixbyite [(Mn,Fe)2O3] | 158 Mn variety | Â | Â |
Hematite [Fe2O3] | Â | Â | ||
Pyrite [FeS2] | Â | |||
Mn2O3 | Â | Â | ||
Pb-permanganate [PbMnO4] | Â | Â | ||
Metallic lead (Pb) | Â | Â |