Ternary plots (aka Triangle plots) have three scales rotated and layered on top of each other. So when you get a point like this:

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You read it as 50% of the way up the clay direction:

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30% of the way up the sand direction:

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20% of the way up the silt direction:

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So it is 50% clay, 30% sand, and 20% silt.