Deposition and Mineralogical Characteristics of Atmospheric Dust in relation to Land Use and Land Cover Change in Delhi (India)

Table 2

Percent occurrence of mineralogical composition of dust and soil samples (+ = present, − = absent).

Minerals	Chemical formula	Dustfall	Soil
Quartz	SiO2	+	+
Muscovite	KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH, F)2	+	+
Chlorite	(Mg5Al)(AlSi3)O10(OH)8	+	+
Calcite	CaCO3	+	+
Albite (low)	NaAlSi3O8	+	+
Dolomite	CaMg(CO3)2	−	+
Actinolite	Ca2(Mg, Fe++)5Si8O22(OH)2	−	+
Oligoclase	(Na, Ca)(Si, Al)4O8	−	+
Gypsum	CaSO4·2(H2O)	+	−