a close look at the RAT

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jms — 1/18/2005 8:01:02 PM (archived)

Looks like they took a long look at the RAT, see the PanCam raws on sol 350. The thought of grinding this rock concerned me, too.

As I said before, this plain might be a great place to find meteorites, they'll lag nicely on this surface.

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Opportunity to look at Meteorite or WRONG? - carl - 1/18/2005 7:04:28 PM
- New Scientist report Nickel-Iron meteorite - Nick Hoffman - 1/19/2005 2:05:05 AM
  - Well, that explains why it's so lonely out there. - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2005 3:53:31 AM
  - re: Kewl! What's the yalla stuff on it? - BRFelix - 1/19/2005 3:05:28 AM
    - limonite or jarosite (n/t, really) (n/t) - jms - 1/19/2005 8:02:20 PM
      - re: jarosite (also the pyrite and/or sulfur possibility) - BRFelix - 1/20/2005 6:16:59 PM
        
        nice picture - jms - 1/20/2005 11:44:48 PM
    - Powdered pyrite? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/19/2005 4:26:37 PM
- re: Opportunity to look at Meteorite or WRONG? - Doug Ellison - 1/18/2005 7:43:05 PM
  - a close look at the RAT - jms - 1/18/2005 8:01:02 PM
  - Way COOOOL!!!!!!! - carl - 1/18/2005 7:46:58 PM

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