Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
Table 1 The typical rocks/minerals magnetic susceptibility value adapted from Hunt et al. (1995)
No | Mineral/rocks | Chemical formula | Susceptibility (\({10}^{-6}\text{ SI}\)) |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Diabase | 1000–160,000 | |
2 | Diorite | 630–130,000 | |
3 | Gabbro | 1000–90,000 | |
4 | Peridotite | 96,000–200,000 | |
5 | Limestone | 2–25,000 | |
6 | Shale | 63–18,600 | |
7 | Sandstone | 0–20,900 | |
8 | Serpentine | 3100–18,000 | |
9 | Quartz | \({\text{SiO}}_{2}\) | − 13–17 |
10 | Chromite | \({\text{FeCr}}_{2}{\text{O}}_{4}\) | 3000–120,000 |
11 | Serpentinite | \({\text{Mg}}_{3}{\text{Si}}_{2}{\text{O}}_{5}{(\text{OH})}_{4}\) | 31,000–75,000 |