Geochemical and petrographic identification of stone quarries used for the construction of the Anahita Temple of Kangavar (West Iran)

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Table 3 Results of XRF analysis of the major and minor constituents (oxides, wt %) of the stone samples from the Anahita Temple and the quarries

	Sample	SiO₂	Al₂O₃	Fe₂O₃	MnO	MgO	CaO	Na₂O	K₂O	TiO₂	P₂O₅	LOI	Sum
Temple	KN-1	1.07	0.59	0.17	0.01	0.77	54.49	0.06	0.11	−	0.02	42.45	99.74
	KN-2	1.47	0.62	0.21	0.01	0.41	54.22	0.04	0.1	−	0.02	42.72	99.82
	KN-3	0.89	0.17	0.11	0.01	0.49	54.95	0.05	0.03	−	0.02	43.12	99.84
	KN-7	1.37	0.62	0.18	0.01	0.8	54.91	0.19	0.09	0.02	0.03	41.12	99.34
	KN-8	1.31	0.49	0.18	0.01	0.74	53.56	0.07	0.09	0.02	0.02	42.74	99.23
Quarries	RA-1	1.38	0.66	0.31	0.01	0.45	53.87	0.14	0.15	−	0.03	42.85	99.85
	QJ-1	7.5	0.42	0.4	0.02	0.49	50.85	0.02	0.11	−	0.03	40.03	99.87
	QJ-2	3.97	0.76	0.43	0.02	0.41	52.47	0.05	0.17	−	0.01	41.59	99.88
	CM-1	1.33	0.57	0.14	0.01	0.72	54.09	0.11	0.09	−	0.02	42.78	99.86
	CM-2	1.43	0.41	0.14	0.01	0.56	54.39	0.03	0.08	−	0.01	42.85	99.91
	AD-1	1.45	0.69	0.32	0.05	3.64	50.47	0.01	0.17	−	0.02	43.06	99.88
	BM-1	10.76	0.83	0.54	0.03	8.34	39.23	−	0.18	0.01	0.06	39.64	99.62
	SD-1	3.53	1.35	0.59	0.04	0.76	51.61	0.07	0.28	0.04	0.02	41.48	99.77