Opal from Mars

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Mars
Aeolis quadrangle Gale Crater Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp) ⓘ Lower Mt. Sharp	Milliken, R.E., Hurowitz, J.A., Bish, D.L., Grotzinger, J.P., Wiens, R. (2016): The chemical and mineralogical stratigraphy of Lower Mt. Sharp: relating rover observations to orbital predictions. 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: pdf no. 1495
ⓘ Marias Pass ?	Morris, R.V., Vaniman, D.T., Blake, D.F., Gellert, R., Chipera, S.J., Rampe, E.B., Ming, D.W., Morrison, S.M., Downs, R.T., Treiman, A.H., Yen, A.S., Grotzinger, J.P., Achilles, C.N., Bristow, T.F., Crisp, J.A., Des Marais, D.J., Farmer, J.D., Fendrich, K.V., Frydenvang, J., Graff, T.G., Morookian, J.-M., Stolper, E.M., Schwenzer, S.P. (2016): Silicic volcanism on Mars evidenced by tridymite in high-SiO2 sedimentary rock at Gale crater. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (online-published), doi: 10.1073/pnas.1607098113
Oxia Palus quadrangle ⓘ Mawrth Vallis ?	Gou, S., Yue, Z., Di, K., and Wang, J. (2015) Mineral abundances and different levels of alteration around Mawrth Vallis, Mars. Geoscience Frontiers, 6, 741-758. Bishop, J.L., Noe Dobrea, E.Z., McKeown, N.K., Parente, M., Ehlmann, B.L., and Michalski, J.R. (2008) Phyllosilicate diversity and past aqueous activity revealed at Mawrth Vallis, Mars. Science, 321, 830–833 Gornitz, V. (2008) Mineral News, 24, #9, 1-2.
Syrtis Major quadrangle ⓘ Jezero Crater ?	Horgan, B. H., Anderson, R. B., Dromart, G., Amador, E. S., & Rice, M. S. (2020). The mineral diversity of Jezero crater: Evidence for possible lacustrine carbonates on Mars. Icarus, 339, 113526.
ⓘ Nili Patera ?	Sun, V.Z., Milliken, R.E., Robertson, K.M. (2016): Hydrated silica on Mars: relating geologic setting to degree of hydration, crystallinity, and maturity through coupled orbital and laboratory studies. 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conferene: pdf no. 2461
Valles Marineris ⓘ Juventae Chasma	Bishop, J. L., et al. (2009), Mineralogy of Juventae Chasma: Sulfates in the light-toned mounds, mafic minerals in the bedrock, and hydrated silica and hydroxylated ferric sulfate on the plateau, J. Geophys. Res., 114, E00D09, doi:10.1029/2009JE003352, [printed 115(E2), 2010].
Ophir Planum ⓘ Elorza Crater ?	Sun, V.Z., Milliken, R.E., Robertson, K.M. (2016) Hydrated silica on Mars: relating geologic setting to degree of hydration, crystallinity, and maturity through coupled orbital and laboratory studies. 47^th Lunar and Planetary Science Conferene: pdf no. 2461.