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CRISM image: high-calcium pyroxene in Bosporus Planum

Posted on January 22, 2014 by rburnham

The two featured images here show iron/magnesium-rich minerals in the Bosporus Planum region of Mars. The Martian crust is made mostly of igneous rock containing the minerals olivine and pyroxene. Pyroxene is the dominant silicate mineral in most igneous rocks … Continue reading →

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