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The discovery of Martian minerals in Antarctica in the form of dust and trapped in ancient ice deposits. Researchers have found them in ice cores in arctic regions.
From this discovery, it was revealed that the mineral was a brittle substance with a brownish yellow color or better known as jarosite. These minerals have been destroyed in almost the same way, both on Mars and on Earth.
Findings of Martian Minerals in Antarctica in the Form of Brittle Substances
Launching Science Mag, the research team has discovered that the Martian mineral is present in the ice core of Antarctica. Their findings indicate that this substance is a fragile substance. Then, the color is also brownish yellow or jarosite.
These minerals are known to have undergone a very long time forging and are just as good, both on Earth and on the planet Mars.
The mineral form is in the form of dust which has been described in ancient ice deposits. The recent goals also reveal the fact of the importance of glaciers on the planet Mars.
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Apart from carving valleys, they also helped create material that originated from Mars. The discovery of the mineral Mars in Antarctica was first seen and seen in 2004. At that time there were explorers from NASA Opportunity who had rolled up a fine layer.
Later, the discovery made headlines and was surprising, because jarosite needed water to form, along with other substances. Such as iron, potassium, sulfate, and acidic conditions.
With such conditions, on Earth is inversely proportional to what is on the Red Planet. These conditions are difficult to exist, even though they may exist on Mars.
Meanwhile, researchers are starting to put forward theories about how the mineral might be abundant. There are some people who think that minerals may occur due to the evaporation of slightly, salty and acidic water.
“However, the alkaline basalt rock in the crust of the planet Mars will be able to neutralize acidic moisture,” said Giovanni Baccolo, a geologist at the University of Milan-Bicocca and lead author of the study of Mars mineral discovery in Antarctica.
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Researcher’s Ideas About Mineral Abundance
As well as possibly originating from the evaporation of acidic brine, this mineral is very abundant because jarocytes appeared in giant ice deposits that may have existed for billions of years covering the planet.
With time, the ice sheet will get thicker too. This way, dust will build up on the ice. Which may turn into jarosite in puddles in the area around the ice sheet crystals.
However, this process has not been observed since at any time in our solar system. On Earth, these minerals will be very easily found in piles of mine waste that have been exposed to rain and outside air. However, even that was not an ordinary occurrence.
Nobody expected that he would detect the latest discovery of the mineral Mars in Antarctica, not even Baccolo. Meanwhile, Baccolo himself is looking for minerals that may exist in the ice age cycle in the 1,620 meter long ice core layer.
It was there that he recorded thousands of years of Earth’s history. But in the ice core he found particles in the form of strange dust which he thought were jarosite. With his discovery, he confirmed the identity of the minerals he had found.
Baccolo and colleagues have calculated the size of the mineral that absorbs X-rays. They also examined the dust grains using a fairly powerful electron microscope. Of course they are now confirming that it is the same jarosite as the mineral discovery of Mars in Antarctica. (R10 / HR Online)
Publisher: Jujang
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