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• Viking 2
  ...ypical weathering products of mafic igneous rocks. The dark, igneous rock basalt is believed to make up much of the surface of Mars, as it does for the Eart ...could be magnetite and maghemite. These could come from the weathering of basalt rock.<ref>Hargraves, R. et al. 1976. Viking Magnetic Properties Investigat
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• InSight Mission
  ...basalt layer is of Amazonian age--about 1.7 billion years old. The lower basalt layer is of Hesperian age (3.6 billion years old).<ref>https://scitechdaily
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• Elysium quadrangle
  ...d terrain. The surface of this terrain has been suggested to be pack ice, basalt lava, or muddy flows. HiRISE images show the heights of the surface ridges ...to their hardness. These boulders are probably made of the volcanic rock basalt since it is hard and is widespread on Mars. Some layers may be caused by r
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• Lunae Palus quadrangle
  ...could be magnetite and maghemite. These could come from the weathering of basalt rock.<ref>Hargraves, R. et al. 1976. Viking Magnetic Properties Investigat
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• Transverse Aeolian ridges (TARs)
  ...hile TARs and dunes both seem to be composed of the dark volcanic mineral basalt.
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• Opportunity
  .... Science: 306. 1723-1726.</ref> Most of the soil consisted of olivine basalt sands that did not come from the local rocks. The sand was probably transp ...</ref> Minerals in the rocks could have originated by acid weathering of basalt. If there were acid-rich fluids, it would be more difficult for life to ha
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• Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle
  .... Science: 306. 1723-1726.</ref> Most of the soil consisted of olivine basalt sands that did not come from the local rocks. The sand was probably transp ...</ref> Minerals in the rocks could have originated by acid weathering of basalt. If there were acid-rich fluids, it would be more difficult for life to ha
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• Syrtis Major quadrangle
  ...s of igneous rocks have been found there with orbiting spacecraft. Besides basalt, dacite and granite have been found there. Dacite originates under volcanoe ...wind blowing dust around. Sometimes, fine bright dust settles on the dark basalt rock making the surface appear lighter, at other times the light-toned dust
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• Radioactive Rarity on Mars
  Basalt group minerals are common on Mars, but radioactive ores are not normally fo
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• Aeolis quadrangle
  ...s olivine, pyroxene, plagioclase, and magnetite. They look like volcanic basalt as they are fine-grained with irregular holes .<ref>McSween, etal. 2004. "B ...ef> It is commonly thought that Mars was first covered with the dark rock basalt. Over billions of years, the original rocks were broken down. By studying
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• Tharsis
  ...Volcanism on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research. 78 : 4049–4062.</ref> Basalt is rich in iron and magnesium (mafic) [[ minerals]] and typically dark in ...they just pile up on one another. Lava flows on Mars are usually of the basalt variety. Such flows can spread over wide areas because they are so fluid.
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• Arabia quadrangle
  File:Layered area with faults ESP 26270 1820.jpg|Layers Dark parts are basalt sand that has settled on horizonal surfaces. ...iew of layers. Light brown is from dust falling from sky. Dark parts are basalt sand that has settled on horizonal surfaces.
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• Amazonis quadrangle
  ...Basalt, a volcanic rock, is thought to in the layers that form boulders. Basalt has been identified on Mars in many places. Instruments on orbiting spacec
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• Dark slope streaks
  ...r of dust can move away and reveal a dark surface. The dark volcanic rock basalt lies under the lighter-toned dust which falls out of the atmosphere.
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• What Mars Actually Looks Like!
  ...ught dark dunes were composed of the grains of sand from the volcanic rock basalt; this was confirmed by rovers on the surface.<ref>Lorenz, R. and J. Zimbel File:Layered area with faults ESP 26270 1820.jpg|Layers Dark parts are basalt sand that has settled on horizonal surfaces.
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• Mare Boreum quadrangle
  ...ost dunes on Mars are black because of the weathering of the volcanic rock basalt.<ref>http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_016459_1830</ref> <ref> Michael H. C
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• HiWish program
  ...and create what appear to be layers, especially if it behaves like water. Basalt flows are very fluid.<ref>https://www.uahirise.org/ESP_057978_1875</ref> ...Most of Mars is covered with hard volcanic rock. The dark volcanic rock basalt covers most of the Martian surface. When it breaks, it first forms large b
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• Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle
  ...ost dunes on Mars are black because of the weathering of the volcanic rock basalt.<ref>http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_016459_1830</ref> <ref name>Michael
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• Cebrenia quadrangle
  The dark, igneous rock basalt is believed to make up much of the surface of Mars, as it does for the Eart ...could be magnetite and maghemite. These could come from the weathering of basalt rock.<ref>Hargraves, R. et al. 1976. Viking Magnetic Properties Investigat
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• Coprates quadrangle
  ...ers in canyon walls may be due to dark lava flows. The dark volcanic rock basalt dominates the Martian surface. However, light-toned deposits appear in man
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