G-2 Granite Page Last Updated:

Saturday, December 04, 1999
Producer: United States Geological Survey
Material Source: Westerley Granite, Sullivan Quarry, Bradford, Rhode Island, USA
Date Released: 1970
Production Ref: 69FLA - 01
Constituent Concentration Uncertainty Units N Data Quality Data Source
Major Oxides
Al2O3 15.39 0.32 % 142 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
CaO 1.96 0.08 % 147 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
CO2 0.08 0.03 % 25 Not provided by compiler 92GLA - 02
Fe2O3 1.07 0.14 % 38 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Fe2O3-T 2.66 0.1 % 182 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
FeO 1.46 0.08 % 51 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
H2O+ 0.51 0.09 % 29 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
H2O- 0.11 0.04 % 31 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
H2O-T 0.62 0.11 % 25 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
K2O 4.48 0.13 % 176 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
MgO 0.75 0.03 % 141 Certified value equivalent 92GLA - 02
MnO 0.032 0.004 % 155 Not provided by compiler 92GLA - 02
Na2O 4.08 0.13 % 141 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
P2O5 0.14 0.01 % 84 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
SiO2 69.14 0.3 % 132 Certified value equivalent 92GLA - 02
TiO2 0.48 0.03 % 154 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Oxide Sum 99.89 0.52 % Not provided by compiler 92GLA - 02
Minor Oxides
B2O3 7.728001E-04 0.0002576 % 15 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
BaO 0.21 0.01 % 135 Certified value equivalent 92GLA - 02
Cr2O3 1.271548E-03 3.21541E-04 % 106 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
SrO 5.652876E-02 2.36522E-04 % 155 Certified value equivalent 92GLA - 02
ZnO 1.070494E-02 9.95808E-04 % 100 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
ZrO2 0.041715 0.004725 % 98 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Elements
Ag 0.04 0.014 ug/g 16 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Al 8.14 0.17 % 142 Certified value equivalent 92GLA - 02
As 0.25 0.05 ug/g 12 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Au 0.00103 0.00015 ug/g 10 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
B 2.4 0.8 ug/g 15 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Ba 1882 23 ug/g 135 Certified value equivalent 92GLA - 02
Be 2.5 0.4 ug/g 30 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Bi 0.037 0.006 ug/g 11 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Br 0.2 0.14 ug/g 7 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
C 230 70 ug/g 25 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Ca 1.4 0.06 % 147 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Cd 0.016 0.0001 ug/g 19 Certified value equivalent 92GLA - 02
Ce 160 10 ug/g 113 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Cl 70 20 ug/g 24 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Co 4.6 0.7 ug/g 120 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Cr 8.7 2.2 ug/g 106 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Cs 1.34 0.16 ug/g 65 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Cu 11 3 ug/g 105 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Dy 2.4 0.3 ug/g 38 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Er 0.92 0.18 ug/g 19 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Eu 1.4 0.12 ug/g 106 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
F 1280 80 ug/g 37 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Fe 1.86 0.07 % 182 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Ga 23 2 ug/g 56 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Gd 4.3 0.8 ug/g 51 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Ge 1.14 0.15 ug/g 15 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
H 690 ug/g 2 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Hf 7.9 0.7 ug/g 52 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Hg 0.051 0.014 ug/g 30 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Ho 0.4 0.06 ug/g 22 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
I 0.31 ug/g 2 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
In 0.032 0.004 ug/g 8 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Ir 0.00004 0.00005 ug/g 6 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
K 3.72 0.11 % 176 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
La 89 8 ug/g 135 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Li 34 4 ug/g 50 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Lu 0.11 0.02 ug/g 76 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Mg 4500 200 ug/g 141 Certified value equivalent 92GLA - 02
Mn 250 30 ug/g 155 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Mo 1.1 0.5 ug/g 14 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
N 34 4 ug/g 8 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Na 3.03 0.1 % 141 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Nb 12 3 ug/g 40 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Nd 55 6 ug/g 85 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Ni 5 2.8 ug/g 83 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
O 48.1 0.2 % 14 Certified value equivalent 92GLA - 02
Os < 0.1 ug/g 1 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
P 600 50 ug/g 84 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Pb 30 4 ug/g 90 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Pd 0.00025 ug/g 2 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Pr 18 2 ug/g 23 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Pt 0.0059 ug/g 1 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Rb 170 3 ug/g 153 Certified value equivalent 92GLA - 02
Re < 0.0007 ug/g 2 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Rh < 0.0001 ug/g 3 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Ru 0.004 ug/g 1 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
S 100 60 ug/g 17 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Sb 0.07 0.02 ug/g 21 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Sc 3.5 0.4 ug/g 85 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Se 0.07 0.06 ug/g 7 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Si 32.29 0.14 % 132 Certified value equivalent 92GLA - 02
Sm 7.2 0.7 ug/g 102 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Sn 1.8 0.8 ug/g 23 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Sr 478 2 ug/g 155 Certified value equivalent 92GLA - 02
Ta 0.88 0.1 ug/g 48 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Tb 0.48 0.08 ug/g 75 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Te 0.005 0.002 ug/g 3 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Th 24.7 1.8 ug/g 101 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Ti 2900 200 ug/g 154 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Tl 0.91 0.14 ug/g 25 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Tm 0.18 0.08 ug/g 20 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
U 2.07 0.12 ug/g 68 Certified value equivalent 92GLA - 02
V 36 4 ug/g 75 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
W 0.2 0.1 ug/g 10 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Y 11 2 ug/g 47 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Yb 0.8 0.17 ug/g 98 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Zn 86 8 ug/g 100 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Zr 309 35 ug/g 98 Recommended value 92GLA - 02
Stable Isotopes
Pb-206/204 18.4 ratio 1 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Pb-207/204 15.61 ratio 1 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Pb-208/204 38.85 ratio 1 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Sr-87/86 0.709833 0.000058 ratio 3 Provisional value 92GLA - 02
Radioactivity
Ra-226 0.71 pCi/g 1 Provisional value 92GLA - 02

Material Production Reference:
F. J. Flanagan (1969), U. S. Geological Survey Standards - II. First Compilation of the Data for the new U.S.G.S. Rocks, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 33: 81-120.

Data Source Reference:
E. S. Gladney, E. A. Jones, E. J. Nickell and I. Roelandts (1992), 1988 Compilation of Elemental Concentration Data for USGS AGV-1, GSP-1 and G-2, Geostandards Newsletter, 16: 111-300.

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