The minerals were identified in the first sample of Martian soil ingested recently by the rover. Curiosity used its Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instrument to analyze the sample.
"Our team is elated with these first results from our instrument," said David Blake of NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., who is the principal investigator for CheMin. "They heighten our anticipation for future CheMin analyses in the months and miles ahead for Curiosity."
The first x-ray crystallography view of Martian soil. Obtained
by the Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) experiment on NASA's Curiosity
rover, these data reveal crystalline feldspar, pyroxenes and olivine
mixed with some amorphous (non-crystalline) material. The soil sample is
similar to volcanic soils in Hawaii. [more]
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