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Post by mohs on Oct 19, 2012 11:19:09 GMT -5
 Well the local news ( yahoo and such) are calling it a bright metallic object. Perhaps, debris from Curiosity itself? NASA being bit more conservative. Maybe they found Martian gold? Or...? |
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Post by gingerkid on Oct 19, 2012 11:39:58 GMT -5
Pyritized beercan?
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Post by mohs on Oct 19, 2012 11:42:46 GMT -5
;D someone always there before me !!  high tech rock hounding with beer .. hopefully |
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Post by rocklicker on Oct 19, 2012 12:53:04 GMT -5
So THATS where I left my keys ;D
Steve
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Post by Toad on Oct 19, 2012 13:20:20 GMT -5
Maybe Curiosity sneezed...
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electricface
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Post by electricface on Oct 19, 2012 13:48:44 GMT -5
No I sneezed and that is my toof!!
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hand2mouthmining
spending too much on rocks
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Post by hand2mouthmining on Oct 21, 2012 14:37:55 GMT -5
Itttttttssssssss ...BACON!!!BACON!!!BACON!!!BACON!!!BACON!!!BACON!!!(Don't eat the Green Martian Bacon ...)  Kris PS: I like Bacon!!! PPS: "MARS NEEDS BACON!!!" - John Carter, Warrior of Baco ... Errr ... Mars!
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Post by mohs on Oct 22, 2012 9:19:00 GMT -5
what do you rock hounds see !  amazing photo |
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hand2mouthmining
spending too much on rocks
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Post by hand2mouthmining on Oct 22, 2012 10:56:02 GMT -5
Thanks for the close up, Ed. I've been looking for that gold crown EVERYWHERE!  Sorry about that last very silly post ... Put it down to youthful exuberance. :cheesy: The day was lovely, the sun shining, the birds honking (Canadian Geese), life was beautiful! Today, it's drizzly, wet and still beautiful.  Now, to the Mars Rock. Looks like pyrite to me. There appear to be stepped faces or striations, but since the Rover camera seems to have focused on the large dirt clod to the left of the rock, it's a bit indistinct. More NASA conspiracies!  Or the Rover may just have been dropping spare change, attempting to attract little green pan handlers ... :2cents:  Sorry, feeling exuberant again, though slightly moist ... And the rocks in the garden look great! |
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Post by mohs on Oct 22, 2012 11:19:43 GMT -5
right on Kris ! good observation I'm with you! NASA knows what that is down to a spectrograph analysis so far there not saying exactly or I can't find an explanation anyway good eye you have and let the rocks shine  |
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Oct 22, 2012 11:37:54 GMT -5
Kinda looks like the bottom end of a pull tab off a beer can  |
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Post by mohs on Oct 22, 2012 11:47:34 GMT -5
Coors Gold?
proves that Mars as water !
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Post by mohs on Oct 22, 2012 12:19:18 GMT -5
might also prove the ruskies were there before us
i mean the Rockies!
the ruskies would have left a vodka cap
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Post by mohs on Oct 22, 2012 12:44:06 GMT -5
Mars Rock Touched by NASA Curiosity has Surprises10.11.12 This image shows where NASA's Curiosity rover aimed two different instruments to study a rock known as "Jake Matijevic.
This image shows the wall of a scuffmark NASA's Curiosity made in a windblown ripple of Martian sand with its wheel.
The first Martian rock NASA's Curiosity rover has reached out to touch presents a more varied composition than expected from previous missions. The rock also resembles some unusual rocks from Earth's interior.
The rover team used two instruments on Curiosity to study the chemical makeup of the football-size rock called "Jake Matijevic" (matt-EE-oh-vick) The results support some surprising recent measurements and provide an example of why identifying rocks' composition is such a major emphasis of the mission. Rock compositions tell stories about unseen environments and planetary processes.
"This rock is a close match in chemical composition to an unusual but well-known type of igneous rock found in many volcanic provinces on Earth," said Edward Stolper of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, who is a Curiosity co-investigator. "With only one Martian rock of this type, it is difficult to know whether the same processes were involved, but it is a reasonable place to start thinking about its origin."
On Earth, rocks with composition like the Jake rock typically come from processes in the planet's mantle beneath the crust, from crystallization of relatively water-rich magma at elevated pressure.
Jake was the first rock analyzed by the rover's arm-mounted Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) instrument and about the thirtieth rock examined by the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument. Two penny-size spots on Jake were analyzed Sept. 22 by the rover's improved and faster version of earlier APXS devices on all previous Mars rovers, which have examined hundreds of rocks. That information has provided scientists a library of comparisons for what Curiosity sees.
"Jake is kind of an odd Martian rock," said APXS Principal Investigator Ralf Gellert of the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. "It's high in elements consistent with the mineral feldspar, and low in magnesium and iron."
ChemCam found unique compositions at each of 14 target points on the rock, hitting different mineral grains within it.
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hand2mouthmining
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Post by hand2mouthmining on Oct 23, 2012 1:59:27 GMT -5
Kinda looks like the bottom end of a pull tab off a beer can "MMmmmmmm ... Beeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrr ..." |
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Post by mohs on Oct 23, 2012 11:55:49 GMT -5
I tell ya
an entrepreneurial home beer brewer
would cash in on some serious suds
if they were to brew
Mars Brew
a red beer with an out of this world kick
there could be other names
r u game to play?
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