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Table 2. Analyses of glass inclusions and matrix glasses from the June 15, 1991, dacite pumice, Mount Pinatubo

 
[Values in weight percent unless otherwise indicated. Values are 
means; parentheses contain one standard deviation. GI, glass 
inclusion from hosts in phenocryst-rich and phenocryst-poor pumice; 
MG, matrix glass from phenocryst-rich pumice; Hnb, hornblende; Mgt, 
magnetite; Plag, plagioclase; Qtz, quartz. FeO analyzed as ferrous 
iron. Na2O data are not adjusted for sodium-loss during electron 
beam excitation. Sulfur analyzed as SO3; ppm S calculated by 
multiplying percent SO3 by 4,000. n is number of electron 
microprobe analyses. n[H2O] is number of ion probe analyses for 
H2O. H2O (max) is the maximum water content determined in the 
n[H2O] ion probe analyses.] 
 
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Oxide      Hnb GI      Mgt GI     Plag GI      Qtz GI        MG 
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SiO2       77.06       76.59       75.15       75.61        78.53 
TiO2        0.14        0.29        0.11        0.10         0.13 
Al2O3      12.88       12.44       12.44       11.83        12.86 
FeO         1.11        1.27        0.71        0.61         1.01 
MnO         0.05        0.03        0.03        0.04         0.04 
MgO         0.19        0.19        0.17        0.15         0.21 
CaO         1.27        1.17        1.04        1.08         1.21 
K2O         2.94        2.79        2.96        2.82         2.99 
Na2O        3.17        2.84        2.45        2.70         3.18 
P2O5        0.04        0.03        0.03        0.02         0.03 
SO3         0.017       0.018       0.022       0.022        0.015 
Cl          0.109       0.093       0.106       0.088        0.112 
           (0.010)     (0.009)     (0.025)     (0.014)      (0.012) 
H2O         1.34        3.51        3.09        4.37         0.31 
           (0.88)      (1.54)      (0.87)      (1.03)       (0.15) 
  Total:  100.32      101.26       98.31       99.44       100.63 
 
n            25          12          10          18           21 
n[H2O]        8           5           4          10            3 
 
S (ppm)      68          72          88          88           60 
            (40)        (32)        (68)        (56)         (32) 
H2O (max)   3.30        4.55        3.52        6.56         0.43 
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