CURIOSITY DISCOVERED ON MARS UNKNOWN MINERALS
A piece of rock `Jake` Matievich, analyzed tools rover Curiosity, is a mosaic of several types of simple minerals, which have not previously encountered on Mars, said participants of the press conference at NASA#39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena on Friday.
`We shot our laser in 30 selected points on the surface of` Jake #39;and studied their composition. All these points are grouped on three-dimensional chemical `map` to multiple groups, it is not similar to each other in chemical composition. Spirit, Opportunity and other landers have never come across such a rock `- said Roger Vince National Laboratory Los Alamos (USA).
According to Vince, a chemical analysis of the #39;Jake#39; has shown that it is rich in alkali metals, which is not typical for the Martian rocks. Based on the spectrum, is active stone `` mosaic of individual mineral grains, including pyroxene, feldspar and olivine.
