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Sols 4270-4272: Experience for SAM

.The focus for this three-sol weekend program is providing a portion of the Kings Gulch punch sample to SAM for Evolved Fuel Evaluation (EGA), adhering to on from a prosperous CheMin evaluation. The CheMin and also SAM reviews, paired with APXS as well as ChemCam reviews, will certainly tell our team regarding the composition and mineralogy of the block within the Gediz Vallis network down payment. Our experts can compare it to the make-up and also mineralogy of the interesting Mammoth Lakes punched sample at Whitebark Pass, which neighbored the important sulfur blocks, as well as additionally within the Gediz Vallis deposit, in addition to to the base outside the stations and also various other previous pierced examples. This will certainly aid educate the resource( s) of the blocks, which can be originated from higher up on Mount Sharp..