Table 5 Corrected pXRF data of jade and stone artifact samples from the Lianhe site and Sanxingdui site (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

48.95

33.24

7.67

0.43

1.28

0.51

0.00

0.16

7.78

100.00

LH-18

Serpentinite

54.04

33.61

5.55

0.42

0.61

0.09

0.00

0.16

5.52

100.00

LH-19

Serpentinite

46.66

36.28

6.60

0.45

0.66

0.34

0.00

0.06

8.95

100.00

LH-20

Tremolite

64.34

19.18

4.25

0.44

0.53

8.69

0.00

0.17

2.39

100.00

LH-21

Tremolite

55.01

25.67

4.30

0.43

0.50

11.68

0.00

0.17

2.24

100.00

LH-22

Obsidian

89.53

0.38

5.61

0.50

0.87

0.24

0.00

0.19

2.67

100.00

LH-23

Acid extrusive rock

88.08

0.50

6.48

0.51

1.07

0.62

0.00

0.19

2.55

100.00

Sanxingdui site

SXD-20

Serpentinite

37.46

39.78

6.42

0.40

0.45

1.16

0.00

0.14

14.20

100.00

SXD-52

Serpentinite

42.28

39.60

7.25

0.41

0.46

0.58

0.00

0.14

9.29

100.00

SXD-11

Serpentinite

44.68

34.56

8.04

0.42

0.47

1.25

0.65

0.14

9.79

100.00

SXD-64

Serpentinite

44.85

42.61

3.83

0.41

0.51

0.14

0.00

0.15

7.51

100.00

SXD-56

Serpentinite

45.83

41.12

4.65

0.40

0.56

0.08

0.00

0.15

7.22

100.00

SXD-65

Serpentinite

46.01

42.38

4.21

0.39

0.50

0.46

0.00

0.15

5.90

100.00

SXD-70

Serpentinite

46.72

38.71

4.54

0.40

0.44

0.63

0.00

0.14

8.41

100.00

SXD-57

Talc serpentinite

48.82

37.60

5.06

0.41

0.44

0.49

0.00

0.16

7.03

100.00

SXD-62

Serpentinite

49.92

37.42

4.63

0.41

0.64

0.55

0.00

0.16

6.27

100.00

SXD-68

Serpentinite

51.13

35.32

6.60

0.41

0.85

0.29

0.00

0.16

5.24

100.00

SXD-76

Serpentinite

52.19

33.60

8.53

0.42

0.84

0.25

0.00

0.16

4.00

100.00

SXD-72

Tremolite

56.32

22.15

5.22

0.44

0.47

12.94

0.00

0.17

2.29

100.00

SXD-79

Tremolite

55.24

23.66

4.37

0.42

0.45

13.28

0.00

0.16

2.41

100.00