Table 2 pXRF test results of jade and stone artifact samples from the Lianhe and Sanxingdui sites (wt.%)

From: PXRF correction for jade lithology identification from Sanxingdui and Lianhe sites in the Chengdu plain

Site

Artifact no.

Identification results

SiO2

MgO

Al2O3

P2O5

K2O

CaO

TiO2

MnO

Fe2O3

Sum total

Lianhe site

LH-17

Serpentinite

61.24

23.00

6.13

0.30

0.81

0.59

0.14

0.11

7.69

100.00

LH-18

Serpentinite

67.91

23.32

3.41

0.22

0.18

0.09

0.08

0.06

4.72

100.00

LH-19

Serpentinite

58.32

25.07

4.75

0.69

0.22

0.39

0.07

1.25

9.23

100.00

LH-20

Tremolite

75.72

12.60

1.36

0.16

0.07

9.64

0.03

0.05

0.37

100.00

LH-21

Tremolite

66.99

17.35

1.61

0.19

0.06

13.43

0.05

0.03

0.28

100.00

LH-22

Obsidian

95.69

0.55

2.37

0.31

0.30

0.23

0.12

0.03

0.41

100.00

LH-23

Acid extrusive rock

94.14

0.62

3.33

0.42

0.46

0.61

0.13

0.01

0.27

100.00

Sanxingdui site

SXD-20

Serpentinite

48.23

28.37

4.79

0.05

0.04

1.40

0.07

0.24

16.81

100.00

SXD-52

Serpentinite

54.45

28.19

5.89

0.33

0.04

0.69

0.09

0.25

10.07

100.00

SXD-11

Serpentinite

56.08

24.01

6.66

0.29

0.04

1.47

0.81

0.23

10.41

100.00

SXD-64

Serpentinite

59.01

30.91

1.41

0.45

0.10

0.16

0.02

0.07

7.85

100.00

SXD-56

Serpentinite

59.96

29.67

2.49

0.16

0.15

0.08

0.03

0.05

7.39

100.00

SXD-65

Serpentinite

60.73

30.83

1.95

0.15

0.10

0.56

0.01

0.04

5.63

100.00

SXD-70

Serpentinite

60.20

27.53

2.25

0.17

0.02

0.75

0.04

0.20

8.86

100.00

SXD-57

Talc serpentinite

62.63

26.62

2.91

0.20

0.02

0.58

0.04

0.06

6.93

100.00

SXD-62

Serpentinite

64.08

26.50

2.34

0.17

0.22

0.65

0.06

0.06

5.91

100.00

SXD-68

Serpentinite

64.88

24.74

4.86

0.20

0.41

0.34

0.09

0.06

4.43

100.00

SXD-76

Serpentinite

65.56

23.32

7.29

0.31

0.40

0.28

0.08

0.05

2.71

100.00

SXD-72

Tremolite

67.31

14.74

2.64

0.28

0.02

14.60

0.07

0.04

0.30

100.00

SXD-79

Tremolite

66.67

15.88

1.65

0.00

0.01

15.14

0.03

0.12

0.47

100.00