Table 7 Major (wt%) and trace (ppm) elements contents of the different Talc ore. For comparison, the average contents of the parent rocks are included.
Rock Type | Talc ore deposit | Talc-carbonate | Serpentinite rock | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Talc | Tremolite Talc | Chlorite talc | |||||||||
Oxide | 10 | 9 | 30 | 11 | 25 | 15 | 28 | 18 | 27 | Av. | Av. |
SiO2 | 61.48 | 61.25 | 60.46 | 60.36 | 60.33 | 59.82 | 59.01 | 58.79 | 44.17 | 29.58 | 38.63 |
A12O3 | 0.11 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 1.09 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 1.29 | 1.11 | 5.04 | 0.65 | 0.70 |
Fe2O3 | 0.48 | 0.41 | 0.68 | 0.21 | 0.81 | 2.43 | 0.27 | 0.93 | 2.91 | 2.85 | 2.95 |
FeO | 2.71 | 3.19 | 2.62 | 3.02 | 2.93 | 2.16 | 3.24 | 3.50 | 3.44 | 2.90 | 2.44 |
TiO3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
CaO | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 1.31 | 3.68 | 4.49 | 2.05 |
K2O | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
MgO | 29.42 | 28.90 | 28.78 | 28.78 | 29.05 | 29.32 | 28.65 | 27.79 | 28.60 | 30.97 | 36.76 |
Na2O | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.04 |
MnO | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.11 |
S | < 0.01 | ,0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
P2O5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Cr2O3 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.35 | 0.34 |
Ni | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 0.31 |
LOI | 4.77 | 4.64 | 4.86 | 4.68 | 5.11 | 4.80 | 4.90 | 5.18 | 10.20 | 26.47 | 14.31 |
Sum | 99.61 | 99.30 | 98.23 | 98.93 | 98.99 | 99.27 | 98.08 | 99.23 | 98.07 | 98.88 | 98.68 |
As | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | 36 | < 5 |
Pb | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 |
Zn | 34 | 42 | 42 | 51 | 33 | 27 | 64 | 76 | 56 | 38 | 34 |
Co | 42 | 48 | 37 | 46 | 41 | 32 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 74 | 61 |
V | 13 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 7 |
La | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 |
Nd | 5 | < 5 | 16 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 |
Ce | < 5 | < 5 | 15 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | 2 | 1 |
Ga | 1 | 1 | < 1 | 1 | < 1 | 1 | 3 | < 1 | 13 | < 1 | < 1 |
Sc | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Nb | 2 | < 1 | < 1 | 1 | < 1 | 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 1 | 2 |
Zr | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 |
Y | < 1 | 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 2 | 1 | < 1 |
Sr | 5 | 1 | 1 | < 1 | 1 | 2 | < 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 16 |
U | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 |
Rb | < 1 | 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 1 | < 1 | < 1 |
Th | < 1 | < 1 | 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 2 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 |
