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Sols 4270-4272: Taste for SAM

.The focus for this three-sol weekend program is delivering a portion of the Kings Gulch bore sample to SAM for Evolved Gasoline Review (EGA), following on coming from a prosperous CheMin evaluation. The CheMin as well as SAM evaluations, paired with APXS as well as ChemCam evaluations, will tell us regarding the make-up as well as mineralogy of this particular block within the Gediz Vallis stations deposit. We can compare it to the composition and mineralogy of the intriguing Mammoth Lakes punched example at Whitebark Pass, which neighbored the essential sulfur blocks, and additionally within the Gediz Vallis deposit, along with to the base outside the channel and also various other previous pierced examples. This will assist educate the source( s) of the blocks, which may be stemmed from higher on Mount Sharp..

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