Learn R Programming

compositions (version 1.40-2)

Boxite: Compositions and depth of 25 specimens of boxite

Description

A mineral compositions of 25 rock specimens of boxite type. Each composition consists of the percentage by weight of five minerals, albite, blandite, cornite, daubite, endite, as well as the depth of location.

Usage

data(Boxite)

Arguments

Details

A mineral compositions of 25 rock specimens of boxite type are given. Each composition consists of the percentage by weight of five minerals, albite, blandite, cornite, daubite, endite, and the recorded depth of location of each specimen. We abbreviate the minerals names to A, B, C, D, E.

All row percentage sums to 100, except the 6-th 102.3 and the 10-th 99.9.

References

Aitchison: The Statistical Analysis of Compositional Data, 1986, Data 3, pp4.