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Table 4

Condensates identified in AGB dust.

Condensate Identification
M stars

Amorphous silicate IR Woolf & Ney (1969)
Crystalline silicates
Olivine (Mg(2−2x)Fe2xSiO4) IR Waters et al. (1996)
Pyroxene (Mg(1−x)FexSiO3) IR Waters et al. (1996)
Alumina (Al2O3) IR Onaka et al. (1989)
PM Nittler et al. (1994)
Hutcheon et al. (1994)
Mg(1−x)FexO with x=0.9 IR Posch et al. (2002)
Spinel (MgAl2O4) IR ? Posch et al. (1999)
PM Nittler et al. (1997)
Hibonite (CaAl12O19) PM Choi et al. (1999)
Gehlenite (Ca2Al2SiO7) IR ? Heras & Hony (2005)
Fe IR ? Kemper et al. (2002)

C stars

Amorphous carbon IR Martin & Rogers (1987)
Graphite PM Amari et al. (1990)
SiC IR Treffers & Cohen (1974)
PM Bernatowicz et al. (1987)
MgS IR Goebel & Moseley (1985)
TiC PM Bernatowicz et al. (1991)

S stars

MgS IR Hony et al. (2009)
Amorphous silicate IR ? Hony et al. (2009)
Alumina (Al2O3) IR ? Smolders et al. (2012)
Diopside (MgCaSi2O6) IR ? Hony et al. (2009)
Gehlenite (Ca2Al2SiO7) IR ? Smolders et al. (2012)

Notes. IR indicates identification through infrared observations, while PM stands for identification in presolar material from meteorites. A question mark indicates that the identification is not completely secure.

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