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Tag Archives: aluminum-hydroxyl clays
CRISM: Iron-magnesium clays at Isidis Basin rim
This image is located right along the rim of the Isidis impact basin, at the foot of Libya Montes. Here we see iron-magnesium phyllosilicates (cyan). Phyllosilicates are clay and clay-like minerals formed by chemical reactions with liquid water. They are … Continue reading
Opportunity explores aluminum-bearing site
With its solar panels their cleanest in years, NASA’s decade-old Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is inspecting a section of crater-rim ridgeline chosen as a priority target due to evidence of a water-related mineral. Orbital observations of the site by another … Continue reading
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Tagged aluminum phyllosilicates, aluminum-hydroxyl clays, clay minerals, clays, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MER, montmorillonites, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Pillinger Point, smectites, Solander Point
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Opportunity: Sol 3669, May 20, 2014
Slabby outcrop at Pillinger Point on the rim crest of Murray Ridge: this is the area of aluminum-hydroxyl clays. The view looks toward the north-northeast over the interior of Endeavour Crater. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a … Continue reading
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Tagged aluminum-hydroxyl clays, clays, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Solander Point
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