: an indurated shale produced by the consolidation of mud
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The finding also marks the first identification of this type of carbon in Martian mudstones outside Gale Crater, where NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to explore.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
25 June 2026 The crew found organic carbon inside two mudstones.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
24 June 2026 One display shows two Georgia O’Keeffe paintings and a Helen Torr canvas side-by-side with a large septarian nodule (a geological concretion combining mudstone, limestone, and other minerals) that plainly resembles the artworks.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026 The rover came across evidence of mudstones from ancient lakes as well as sandstone where moving water once trickled into the lakes.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mudstone