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BAZ driving up their electric bill Wintering in Azna, CA Member since December 2005 Posts: 2,212	Map to some Unique Rocks! Mar 15, 2006 11:51:04 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BAZ on Mar 15, 2006 11:51:04 GMT -5 Google ~~Earth~~ [glow=red,2,300]Mars[/glow] www.google.com/mars/
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Rockygibraltar fully equipped rock polisher Member since February 2006 Posts: 1,404	Map to some Unique Rocks! Mar 16, 2006 0:11:03 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rockygibraltar on Mar 16, 2006 0:11:03 GMT -5 Do you suppose that we will be collecting agates on mars in our life time? Don't know if it's realistic or not but it's fun to think about.

stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	Map to some Unique Rocks! Mar 16, 2006 15:26:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Mar 16, 2006 15:26:56 GMT -5 Hmmm Could not seem to find my house?
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Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	Map to some Unique Rocks! Mar 16, 2006 16:32:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Mar 16, 2006 16:32:34 GMT -5 Does Mars have agates? Are you sure? Wonder if they are banded or have dendrites or plumes? Stefan, when you go to look for your house, bring some back with you for us ok? I'll loan you my bucket. smile
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deb193 Guest	Map to some Unique Rocks! Mar 16, 2006 16:48:23 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by deb193 on Mar 16, 2006 16:48:23 GMT -5 Well the possibility of agate on Mars wil depend on how mych Silicia (Silicon?) and Oxygen. Oxygen is also needed to for the water that carries the SiO3 into the formations. I wonder where I can find out about Silica on Mars?

Rockygibraltar fully equipped rock polisher Member since February 2006 Posts: 1,404	Map to some Unique Rocks! Mar 16, 2006 19:22:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rockygibraltar on Mar 16, 2006 19:22:49 GMT -5 Thats right, I forgot that water is part of the agate making process. Didn't the scientists figure that there is or was water, it's just not on the surface anymore?

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I would guess Mars to be iron rich, hence the red. But if there were water and silica on Mars so many (thousands? millions?) of years ago, wouldn't that be neat if the rovers or future astronauts found some crazy agates, etc. in the canyons or under the soil?

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