Table 2: The composition in terms of mass fractions in percent together with the significance of the detection of the dust components for the best fit models using various particle shapes. A "-'' denotes that the dust component was detected with a significance less than 1$\sigma $ and was thus removed from the fitting procedure. Enstatite was not found to be significant using any of the four grain shapes and is therefore omitted from the table. The (A, C) behind the name in the first column denotes if the material is amorphous or crystalline. The names "olivine'' and "pyroxene'' are used for the amorphous silicates to refer to the average stoichiometry. The x1, x2, x3, x4 refer to the average silicate composition, Mgx1Fex2Nax3Alx3SiOx4 implied by the abundances of all silicates.
    Spherical grains Porous GRF grains Coated GRF grains DHS ( $f_{\rm max}=0.7$)
$\chi^2$ 65.3 12.6 11.5 10.1
Silicates                
Olivine (A; x=0.5) MgFeSiO4             57.9 (6.2$\sigma $)             16.9 (1.9$\sigma $)             9.7 (1.1$\sigma $)             13.8 (2.0$\sigma $)
Pyroxene (A; x=0.5) MgFeSi2O6 12.9 (7.6$\sigma $) -   -   -  
Olivine (A; x=1) Mg2SiO4 28.9 (1.0$\sigma $) 47.2 (3.5$\sigma $) 48.2 (3.5$\sigma $) 38.3 (3.8$\sigma $)
Pyroxene (A; x=1) MgSiO3 -   24.0 (6.1$\sigma $) 31.4 (6.8$\sigma $) 42.9 (6.7$\sigma $)
Na/Al pyroxene (A) NaAlSi2O6 -   6.8 (3.2$\sigma $) 5.3 (2.7$\sigma $) 1.8 (1.1$\sigma $)
Silica (A) SiO2 0.3 (1.1$\sigma $) -   -   -  
Forsterite (C) Mg2SiO4 -   1.5 (4.7$\sigma $) 1.3 (3.6$\sigma $) 0.6 (3.2$\sigma $)
Other                
Silicon carbide (C) SiC  -   3.6 (3.7$\sigma $) 4.2 (4.3$\sigma $) 2.6 (5.3$\sigma $)
The average silicate composition implied by the above abundances    
x1 Mg/Si 1.22   1.37   1.39   1.32  
x2 Fe/Si 0.60   0.13   0.07   0.10  
x3 (Na, Al)/Si 0.00   0.05   0.03   0.01  
x4 O/Si 3.82   3.59   3.53   3.45  


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