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eppur_se_muova

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8. Interesting.

Reply to pokerfan (Original post)

Sun Mar 4, 2012, 01:39 AM

Mar 2012

Too abundant for recent meteor impacts, and they only appear near the crests of the dunes (if I'm seeing perspective corrrectly).

Probably turn out to be more iron oxides, like the "blueberries". Given that they're lying on top of CO2, maybe siderite (iron carbonate).

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