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re: re: Blue rocks in Nature?

After a web search I found this startling image:

http://www.ruskinmuseum.com/images/Blue%20cascade%20web.jpg


It's described on this page:

Coniston Coppermines
http://www.ruskinmuseum.com/coppermines.htm

Apparently it is a copper sulfate mineral. The sulfate would be appropriate for Mars but I don't know if copper was detected at the Pathfinder or Viking sites.
I'll ask this of the Pathfinder APXS team members.

Bob Clark

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