NASA detects silica mineral tridymite on Mars

Q.  NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered which mineral in a rock sample on Mars?
- Published on 27 Jun 16

a. Kryptonite
b. Carbonite
c. Silicate
d. Tridymite

ANSWER: Tridymite
 
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has discovered tridymite, a mineral in a rock sample on Mars indicating that the red planet hosts explosive volcanoes during its evolution. Mars Science Lab rover Curiosity has been working with Gale Crater rocks since 2012
  • Analysis from X-ray diffraction instrument on the rover detected silica mineral called tridymite which is associated with silicic volcanism
  • This provides deeper explanation of volcanic activity in Mars

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