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Table 4 Results of PCA, showing contribution of PC1–4 to overall variability, and contribution of individual variables to each PC

From: The many faces of Reigate Stone: an assessment of variability in historic masonry based on Medieval London’s principal freestone

Variable

PC1 (46%)

PC2 (21%)

PC3 (11%)

PC4 (10%)

Quartz

9.9

23.4

4.7

3.1

Opal CT

5.8

1

33.6

28.

Calcite

14.5

6.5

14.1

4.9

Clays

2.2

33

7.2

1.7

Bulk density

7.1

2.7

25.6

23

Open porosity

7.2

16

5.8

0.9

Pulse velocity

24.5

1.4

0

5.6

Capillary absorption

19.4

2.4

2.3

7.3

Sorptivity

9.4

13.7

6.7

25.1