How a lake and a volcano produced a rare mineral on Mars - MINING.COM - MINING.com

Researchers have figured out how tridymite formed in Mars’ Gale Crater.

The Gale Crater was chosen as Curiosity’s landing site due to the likelihood that it once held liquid water and, indeed, the rover found evidence that confirmed it was actually a lake as recently as … [+2257 chars]

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