blue-toned rocks (IMAGE)

The University of Hong Kong

blue-toned rocks

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The blue-toned rocks in the upper-left of the image are depleted in iron because it was removed during weathering on ancient Mars. This is geological evidence that iron was lost from the rocks in reduced conditions.

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The University of Hong Kong

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