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Mineral from Mars found in Antarctic ice – Australian Mining
Researchers in Antarctica have stumbled upon traces of jarosite, a mineral commonly found on Mars, which might confirm theories suggesting there is water on the…
Jarosite. Image: Rob Lavinsky, Wikimedia Commons.
Researchers in Antarctica have stumbled upon traces of jarosite, a mineral commonly found on Mars, which might confirm theories suggesting there is water on the red planet.
According to the study which was published in Nature Communications, jarosite is rarely found on earth and occurs in low-temperature acidic-oxidative weathering of iron-bearing minerals in water-limited settings.
The research team was investigating ice age cycles by drilling 1000…
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