Welcome to the ESMD-Garnet Database!
The database contains data on 95,650 garnet sample analyses from a variety of sources, ranging from large repositories (EarthChem, RRUFF, MetPetDB) to individual peer-reviewed literature.
Datasets is copyrighted under Creative Commons BY 4.0.
Download full dataset:
Download the ESMD-Garnet Dataset File , which includes:
- the main dataset,
- a data schema describing the dataset attributes in order of appearance;
- the data for the original EMP analyses performed at the Earth and Planets Laboratory; and
- a simplified table of averages for the original EMP analyses.
DATASET REFERENCE:
Kristen Chiama, Morgan Gabor, Isabella Lupini, Randolph Rutledge, Julia Ann Nord, Shuang Zhang, Asmaa Boujibar, Emma S. Bullock, Michael J. Walter, Kerstin Lehnert, Frank Spear, Shaunna Morrison, Robert M. Hazen. ESMD- Garnet Dataset. Published 2022 via Open Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.48484/camh-xy98
PUBLICATION REFERENCE:
Chiama, K., Gabor, M., Lupini, I., Rutledge, R., Nord, J. A., Zhang, S., Boujibar, A., Bullock, E. S., Walter, M. J., Lehnert, K., Spear, F., Morrison, S. M., and Hazen, R. M.: The secret life of garnets: A comprehensive, standardized dataset of garnet geochemical analyses integrating localities and petrogenesis, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 15, 4235–4259, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4235-2023, 2023.