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Buried inside a slab of ancient mudstone in what was once an inlet leading into a lake bounded by Mars’ Jezero Crater, NASA’s Perseverance rover’s sample number 25 is potentially a Martian astrobiological game-changer.
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
Curiosity has already found organic deposits trapped in mudstone that once contained organic molecules.
—Harriet Marsden, theweek, 24 July 2024
According to the listing in the Portable Antiquities Scheme’s database, the rock is probably mudstone or shale.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
This is a land of limestone, sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone — basic sedimentary rock.
—Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
Curiosity has already found organic deposits trapped in mudstone that once contained organic molecules.
—Harriet Marsden, theweek, 24 July 2024
According to the listing in the Portable Antiquities Scheme’s database, the rock is probably mudstone or shale.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
This is a land of limestone, sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone — basic sedimentary rock.
—Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
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“Mudstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mudstone. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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