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Message 73652 - Posted: 24 Jan 2005, 10:25:52 UTC
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http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/m/376/2M159745460EFFA2HPP2957M2M1.HTML

I think Nasa ought to dig into this rock a bit more.
The above pic shows a lighter colored area which has half a dozen vertical 'crystal?' features.

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_m376.html
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Message 75050 - Posted: 28 Jan 2005, 23:47:39 UTC - in response to Message 73652.  

Hard to tell but looks like sedimentary rock with a crystalline fragment embedded.

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