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

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Table 5 Characterization of the analyzed stone samples from the Anahita Temple and the quarries based on four methods for the classification of calcareous stones

	Classification method I			Classification method II		Classification method III		Classification method IV
	CaO (%)	CaCO₃ (%)	Type	MgO (%)	Type	CaO/MgO	Type	CaCO₃ (%)	Type
KN-1	54.49	96.79	High purity	0.77	Dolomitic limestones	70.77	Limestone	96.79	Limestone
KN-2	54.22	96.31	Medium purity	0.41	Dolomitic limestones	132.24	Limestone	96.31	Limestone
KN-3	54.95	97.60	High purity	0.49	Dolomitic limestones	112.14	Limestone	97.60	Limestone
KN-7	54.91	97.53	High purity	0.8	Dolomitic limestones	68.64	Limestone	97.53	Limestone
KN-8	53.56	95.13	Medium purity	0.74	Dolomitic limestones	72.38	Limestone	95.13	Limestone
RA-1	53.87	95.68	Medium purity	0.45	Dolomitic limestones	119.71	Limestone	95.68	Limestone
QJ-1	50.85	90.32	Low purity	0.49	Dolomitic limestones	103.78	Limestone	90.32	Limestone
QJ-2	52.47	93.20	Medium purity	0.41	Dolomitic limestones	127.98	Limestone	93.20	Limestone
CM-1	54.09	96.07	Medium purity	0.72	Dolomitic limestones	75.13	Limestone	96.07	Limestone
CM-2	54.39	96.61	High purity	0.56	Dolomitic limestones	97.13	Limestone	96.61	Limestone
AD-1	50.47	89.64	Low purity	3.64	Slightly dolomitic limestones	13.87	Slightly dolomitic limestone	89.64	Dolomitic limestone
BM-1	39.23	69.68	Impure	8.34	Dolomitic limestones sensu stricto	4.70	Dolomitic limestone	69.68	Impure dolomitic limestone
SD-1	51.61	91.67	Low purity	0.76	Dolomitic limestones	67.91	Limestone	91.67	Limestone

Classification Method I [66]; Classification Method II [67]; Classification Method III [63, 68, 69] and Classification Method IV [62, 70,71]