Here is the Oudam drillhole and the nearby dump piles for material that has been analysed by CheMin. Curiosity is now producing a fast turnaround for drilling and analysing – essential to link mineralogy to ChemCam and APXS analyses.
We are working on a ChemCam team-led model to link the silica-rich mineralogy to the fluid history in this part of Gale. For instance were the fluids acid (to give a ‘fluid on steroids’ type ability to dissolve rocks) or near-neutral, which could still dissolve rocks, but more slowly?
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