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Element

Element Abundances in the Earth's Mantle

(Primitive Mantle)

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Oxygen

   44.33%    

Magnesium

   22.17%    

Silicon

   21.22%    

Iron

    6.30%    

Calcium

26100 ppm    

Aluminum

23800 ppm    

Sodium

 2590 ppm    

Chromium

 2520 ppm    

Nickel

 1860 ppm    

Titanium

 1280 ppm    

Manganese

 1050 ppm    

Potassium

  260 ppm    

Sulfur

  200 ppm    

Hydrogen

    0.012%   

Cobalt

  102 ppm    

Carbon

  100 ppm    

Phosphorus

   86 ppm    

Vanadium

   86 ppm    

Zinc

   53.5 ppm  

Chlorine

   30 ppm    

Fluorine

   25 ppm    

Strontium

   20.3 ppm  

Copper

   20 ppm    

Scandium

   16.5 ppm  

Zirconium

   10.81 ppm 

Barium

 6750 ppb    

Gallium

    4.4 ppm  

Nitrogen

    2 ppm    

Cerium

 1786 ppb    

Lithium

    1.6 ppm  

Neodymium

 1327 ppb    

Germanium

    1.2 ppm  

Dysprosium

  711 ppb    

Lanthanum

  686 ppb    

Rubidium

    0.605 ppm

Niobium

  588 ppb    

Gadolinium

  571 ppb    

Erbium

  465 ppb    

Ytterbium

  462 ppb    

Samarium

  431 ppb    

Hafnium

  300 ppb    

Praseodymium

  270 ppb    

Boron

    0.26 ppm 

Lead

  185 ppb    

Europium

  162 ppb    

Holmium

  159 ppb    

Tin

  138 ppb    

Terbium

  105 ppb    

Thorium

   83.4 ppb  

Selenium

    0.079 ppm

Bromine

    0.075 ppm

Thulium

   71.7 ppb  

Lutetium

   71.1 ppb  

Beryllium

    0.070 ppm

Arsenic

    0.066 ppm

Cadmium

   64 ppb    

Tantalum

   40 ppb    

Molybdenum

   39 ppb    

Uranium

   21.8 ppb  

Cesium

   18 ppb    

Tungsten

   16 ppb    

Indium

   13 ppb    

Antimony

   12 ppb    

Tellurium

    8 ppb    

Iodine

    7 ppb    

Platinum

    6.6 ppb  

Mercury

    6 ppb    

Bismuth

    5 ppb    

Ruthenium

    4.55 ppb 

Yttrium

    4.37 ppm 

Silver

    4 ppb    

Osmium

    3.4 ppb  

Palladium

    3.27 ppb 

Iridium

    3.2 ppb  

Thallium

    3 ppb    

Rhodium

    0.93 ppb 

Gold

    0.88 ppb 

Rhenium

    0.32 ppb 

Element

Abundances by Element Name in the Earth's Mantle

(Primitive Mantle)

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Aluminum

23800 ppm    

Antimony

   12 ppb    

Arsenic

    0.066 ppm

Barium

 6750 ppb    

Beryllium

    0.070 ppm

Bismuth

    5 ppb    

Boron

    0.26 ppm 

Bromine

    0.075 ppm

Cadmium

   64 ppb    

Calcium

26100 ppm    

Carbon

  100 ppm    

Cerium

 1786 ppb    

Cesium

   18 ppb    

Chlorine

   30 ppm    

Chromium

 2520 ppm    

Cobalt

  102 ppm    

Copper

   20 ppm    

Dysprosium

  711 ppb    

Erbium

  465 ppb    

Europium

  162 ppb    

Fluorine

   25 ppm    

Gadolinium

  571 ppb    

Gallium

    4.4 ppm  

Germanium

    1.2 ppm  

Gold

    0.88 ppb 

Hafnium

  300 ppb    

Holmium

  159 ppb    

Hydrogen

    0.012%   

Indium

   13 ppb    

Iodine

    7 ppb    

Iridium

    3.2 ppb  

Iron

    6.30%    

Lanthanum

  686 ppb    

Lead

  185 ppb    

Lithium

    1.6 ppm  

Lutetium

   71.1 ppb  

Magnesium

   22.17%    

Manganese

 1050 ppm    

Mercury

    6 ppb    

Molybdenum

   39 ppb    

Neodymium

 1327 ppb    

Nickel

 1860 ppm    

Niobium

  588 ppb    

Nitrogen

    2 ppm    

Osmium

    3.4 ppb  

Oxygen

   44.33%    

Palladium

    3.27 ppb 

Phosphorus

   86 ppm    

Platinum

    6.6 ppb  

Potassium

  260 ppm    

Praseodymium

  270 ppb    

Rhenium

    0.32 ppb 

Rhodium

    0.93 ppb 

Rubidium

    0.605 ppm

Ruthenium

    4.55 ppb 

Samarium

  431 ppb    

Scandium

   16.5 ppm  

Selenium

    0.079 ppm

Silicon

   21.22%    

Silver

    4 ppb    

Sodium

 2590 ppm    

Strontium

   20.3 ppm  

Sulfur

  200 ppm    

Tantalum

   40 ppb    

Tellurium

    8 ppb    

Terbium

  105 ppb    

Thallium

    3 ppb    

Thorium

   83.4 ppb  

Thulium

   71.7 ppb  

Tin

  138 ppb    

Titanium

 1280 ppm    

Tungsten

   16 ppb    

Uranium

   21.8 ppb  

Vanadium

   86 ppm    

Ytterbium

  462 ppb    

Yttrium

    4.37 ppm 

Zinc

   53.5 ppm  

Zirconium

   10.81 ppm 

Reference    (Click the button next to a value above to see complete citation information for that entry)

Palme, H., and Hugh St. C. O'Neill. "Cosmochemical Estimates of Mantle Composition." pp. 1–38 in The Mantle and Core. Edited by Richard W. Carlson. Oxford: Elsevier Ltd., 2005.

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