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Table 5 Interface ranking of the mechanical preservation potential

From: The use of mineral interfaces in sand-sized volcanic rock fragments to infer mechanical durability

No-isomineralic interfaces

Interfaces involving an opaque crystal and a silicate crystal:

Op/Px> > Op/Pl> > Op/Hbl> > Op/Ol> > Op/Bt

Interface

AL-3-m

Fi-3-m

SA-1-m

PN-1-m

STR-1-m

STR-9-m

TOT%

Op/Px

50

39

104

67

29

123

30.98

Op/Pl

17

19

189

31

0

56

23.46

Op/Hbl

48

48

35

167

0

8

23.01

Op/Ol

53

27

26

0

81

81

20.15

Op/Bt

0

2

8

22

0

0

2.41

Interfaces involving an olivine crystal:

Ol/Pl> > Ol/Px> > Ol/Idd> > Ol/Hbl

Interface

AL-3-m

Fi-3-m

SA-1-m

PN-1-m

STR-1-m

STR-9-m

TOT%

Ol/Pl

31

11

18

0

19

18

49.74

Ol/Px

19

9

2

0

14

16

30.77

Ol/Idd

13

9

0

0

0

4

13.33

Ol/Hbl

0

0

0

0

12

0

6.15

Interfaces involving a phyllosilicate crystal:

Bt/Op> > Bt/Pl> > Bt/Px> > Bt/ Hbl

Interface

AL-3-m

Fi-3-m

SA-1-m

PN-1-m

STR-1-m

STR-9-m

TOT%

Bt/Op

0

2

8

22

0

0

58.18

Bt/Pl

0

6

0

6

0

0

21.82

Bt/Px

0

1

5

0

2

0

14.55

Bt/Hbl

0

0

0

3

0

0

5.45

Interfaces involving a pyroxene crystal:

Px/Pl>>/Px/Horn> > Px/Bt

Interface

AL-3-m

Fi-3-m

SA-1-m

PN-1-m

STR-1-m

STR-9-m

TOT%

Px/Pl

31

31

89

15

21

15

93.95

Px/Hbl

4

3

0

0

0

4

5.116

Px/Bt

0

0

0

0

2

0

0.93

Interfaces involving an amphibole crystal:

Hbl/Op> > Hbl/Pl> > Hbl/Ol> > Hbl/Px> > Hbl/Bt

Interface

AL-3-m

Fi-3-m

SA-1-m

PN-1-m

STR-1-m

STR-9-m

TOT%

Hbl/Op

48

48

35

167

0

8

71.50

Hbl/Pl

23

3

8

57

0

0

21.26

Hbl/Ol

5

0

0

0

12

0

3.97

Hbl/Px

4

3

0

0

0

4

2.57

Hbl/Bt

0

0

0

3

0

0

0.70

No-isostructural interfaces

Glass-rich:

Pl/Glgr> > Px/Glgr> > Ol/Glgr> > Op/Glgr> > Hbl/Glgr> > Bt/Glgr> > Idd/Glgr

Interface

AL-3-m

Fi-3-m

SA-1-m

PN-1-m

STR-1-m

STR-9-m

TOT%

Pl/Glgr

604

249

929

400

756

540

57.42

Px/Glgr

236

95

328

76

131

143

16.66

Ol/Glgr

141

63

73

18

203

269

12.66

Op/Glgr

101

63

130

171

0

10

7.84

Hbl/Glgr

83

26

26

130

7

8

4.62

Bt/Glgr

0

14

10

18

2

0

0.73

Idd/Glgr

0

0

0

0

0

4

0.07

Glass-poor or microlitic:

Pl/Migr> > Op/Migr> > Px/Migr> > Ol/Migr> > Hbl/Migr

Interface

AL-3-m

Fi-3-m

SA-1-m

PN-1-m

STR-1-m

STR-9-m

TOT%

Pl/Migr

28

11

250

4

0

0

50.52

Op/Migr

21

0

126

3

0

0

25.86

Px/Migr

5

0

105

1

0

0

19.14

Ol/Migr

8

9

0

0

0

0

2.93

Hbl/Migr

3

0

0

6

0

0

1.55

Isomineralic interfaces:

Pl/Pl> > Px/Px> > Ol/Ol> > Op/Op> > Hbl/Hbl> > Bt/Bt

Interface

AL-3-m

Fi-3-m

SA-1-m

PN-1-m

STR-1-m

STR-9-m

TOT%

Pl/Pl

86

88

184

41

103

98

71.77

Px/Px

13

26

65

8

13

9

16.03

Ol/Ol

15

11

1

2

10

25

7.66

Op/Op

8

6

2

3

0

0

2.27

Hbl/Hbl

10

2

0

6

0

0

2.15

Bt/Bt

0

1

0

0

0

0

0.12