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Also, look at Peace Rock images

dtb — 1/27/2005 2:52:45 PM (archived)

Spririt was also checking out a very interesting little outcrop a few
days ago that they dubbed "Peace". Almost Meridiani like -- fine scale
layers of what look like little blobs stuck together, though not
spheres. A previous update had Squyers quoted saying it was the most
unusual rock they'd seen yet at Gusev.

Here's a context image:

Here's an MI (pre - RAT)

Here's a post RAT, that appears to show a little clump of light-toned hexagonal (?) columns in the upper right, like a little clump of crystals.

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• now there's an interesting rock - jms - 1/27/2005 5:23:53 AM
  • Also, look at Peace Rock images - dtb - 1/27/2005 2:52:45 PM
    • jms - how are you with Hexagonal minerals? - Nick Hoffman - 1/28/2005 12:35:13 AM
      • There's a psuedohexagonal mineral that came to mind, - jms - 1/28/2005 1:03:58 AM
        • re: There's a psuedohexagonal mineral that came to mind, - dtb - 1/28/2005 3:56:38 AM
          • Lemme guess - jms - 1/28/2005 4:39:50 AM
        • Aragonite? - et - 1/28/2005 1:55:51 AM
          • What I was thinking... - jms - 1/28/2005 4:33:17 AM
            • re: What I was thinking... - Nick Hoffman - 1/28/2005 7:30:57 AM
              • Not the top o' the list... - jms - 1/28/2005 3:24:46 PM
                • re: Not the top o' the list... - Nick Hoffman - 1/29/2005 3:15:27 AM
                  • You know the origin of the mineral name apatite is... - jms - 1/29/2005 6:26:18 AM
                    • How about considering subaqueous eruption? - Philip Simon - 1/30/2005 2:05:05 AM
                      • Okay - jms - 1/30/2005 10:54:24 PM
                        • The (pure?) sulfate they just drilled is much more than just a crust... - Philip Simon - 2/1/2005 1:03:52 AM
                          • Do you know they are sulfates? - jms - 2/2/2005 1:11:00 AM
                            • I guessed on sulfates - Philip Simon - 2/2/2005 4:05:18 AM
                              • Fossilized Fumerole Vents? - crank - 2/2/2005 4:44:45 AM
                              • re: I guessed on sulfates - jms - 2/2/2005 4:43:42 AM
                      • Not in a million years! - Nick Hoffman - 1/30/2005 6:53:21 AM
                        • Sulfate rich magmas have no Earth analog, I believe - Philip Simon - 1/30/2005 7:56:25 PM
                          • An example of basalt invasion into wet sediments: - Simon - 1/30/2005 8:17:33 PM
                            • Excellent Result! - crank - 1/31/2005 3:24:14 AM
                              • Spirit Pillow examples? - Philip Simon - 2/1/2005 2:56:03 AM
                                • No, that's just weathering - Nick Hoffman - 2/1/2005 9:44:39 AM
                                  • Non weathered example of possible flat pillows - Philip Simon - 2/1/2005 4:09:02 PM
                                    • NO! - Nick Hoffman - 2/1/2005 11:30:34 PM
                                      • Ok, you convinced me. - crank - 2/2/2005 2:00:26 AM
                    • re:Flow top alteration model - Nick Hoffman - 1/29/2005 5:40:18 PM
            • minor correction - jms - 1/28/2005 5:46:01 AM
  • re: now there's an interesting rock - Marcia - 1/27/2005 1:54:27 PM
    • re: now there's an interesting rock - Peersa - 1/28/2005 3:43:48 AM
    • re: I meant 'Spirit'. (n/t) - Marcia - 1/27/2005 1:55:34 PM
  • Is it credible that.... - Gary - 1/27/2005 6:57:53 AM
    • yes, yes, yes - jms - 1/28/2005 4:56:11 AM
    • Absolutely... - Nick Hoffman - 1/27/2005 8:30:31 AM
      • This is good news [I'll also repeat my boring MER matra] - Gary - 1/27/2005 4:24:42 PM
      • They didn't MEAN to - JimO - 1/27/2005 4:24:25 PM
        • What do you think of SkyCrane JimO? - Adam - 1/29/2005 9:15:20 PM
        • I thought one termination was accidental and the others on purpose. (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 1/27/2005 5:43:12 PM
  • What about this one.....? - et - 1/27/2005 6:10:29 AM