Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 8, 2014
We have succesfully drilled Windjana and transferred the material to the CHIMRA system for CheMin analyses. Now we will be able to anslyes the tailings by ChemCam and APXS. There are also some clasts or perhaps nodules around the drill area, it is important to get a combination of the composition of the material around the drill hole to compare with the mineralogy determined by X-ray diffraction.
The drill hasn’t been marked by the drilling through this rock.
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