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re: Rocks

Tom Brosz — 6/1/2003 5:45:31 AM (archived)

It's a small piece of copper ore that came with my kid's rock collection kit. I don't have a photo of it, but I found similar looking pieces on the Web:

There is also this from this site:

This is olivine, described as "a silicate rock rich in iron and magnesium that forms when magma cools below ground. Although the olivine pictured here is bright green, its color can range from green to black."

It seems unlikely to me that there is a lot of copper on Mars, but again, I don't know much about it. A mineralogist could probably identify many other compounds that would be green. Kryptonite?

I'm sure expert mineralogists have studied the Mars rock pictures. Do any of them have ideas on the colors? this site does mention olivine as a possible mineral on Mars. I see nothing on copper.

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      • Why? - et - 6/2/2003 4:33:44 PM
      • Rocks - Tom Brosz - 6/1/2003 3:23:40 AM
        • re: Rocks - BD - 6/1/2003 3:47:19 AM
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            • Still some problems with the links. - Robert Clark - 6/1/2003 3:00:21 PM
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