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Calcium carbonate and calcium sulfate in Martian meteorite EETA79001

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Abstract: Chips of glassy Lithology C of EETA79001 were studied by scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy to determine the mineralogy and petrogenesis of the glass that was shown by others to contain trapped Mars-like gases. Calcium carbonite was identified as massive to acicular crystals for which Ca, C, and O were the major elements. Calcium sulfate was identified as prismatic-acicular crystals with Ca and S as the major elements.

Source: NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Authors: Wentworth, S. J., Gooding, J. L.

Institutions: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, Lockheed (United States)

Language: English

Topic: Planetary Science and Exploration

Subfield: Space and Planetary Science

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7045893063

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