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Opal from
Lower Mt. Sharp, Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp), Gale Crater, Aeolis quadrangle, Mars


Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
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Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lower Mt. Sharp, Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp), Gale Crater, Aeolis quadrangle, Mars
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:970131
Long-form Identifier:1:3:970131:1
GUID (UUID V4):a79d896b-d64f-4c5a-b25a-a018ecac939e
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mudstone succession from the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars E.B. Rampe a,∗ , D.W. Ming a , D.F. Blake...online 12 May 2017 Editor: C. Sotin Keywords: Mars Gale crater X-ray diffraction diagenesis acid-sulfate...The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has been traversing strata at the base of Aeolis Mons (informally...(informally known as Mount Sharp) since September 2014. The Murray formation makes up the lowest exposed...exposed strata of the Mount Sharp group and is composed primarily of finely laminated lacustrine mudstone intercalated
 
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