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NASA's Curiosity rover has obtained the mineralogical and chemical data of ancient lake deposits at Gale Crater, Mars. The present study reconstructs water chemistry of the paleolake in Gale based ...
More information: P. J. Gasda et al, Manganese‐Rich Sandstones as an Indicator of Ancient Oxic Lake Water Conditions in Gale Crater, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets (2024). DOI ...
In Gale Crater, Curiosity found nearly pure crystalline siderite, an iron carbonate mineral, filling a gap in the previously low quantities of carbonates detected on Mars. The discovery suggests ...