  We make a detailed measurement of the metal abundance profiles and metal
abundance ratios of the inner core of M87/Virgo observed by XMM-Newton during
the PV phase. We use multi temperature models for the inner regions and we
compare the plasma codes APEC and MEKAL. We confirm the strong heavy elements
gradient previously found by ASCA and BeppoSAX, but also find a significant
increase in light elements, in particular O. This fact together with the
constant O/Fe ratio in the inner 9 arcmin indicates an enhancement of
contribution in the core of the cluster not only by SNIa but also by SNII.
