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Definition of clay mineral
: any of a group of hydrous silicates of aluminum and sometimes other metals formed chiefly in weathering processes and occurring especially in clay and shale
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Recent Examples on the Web The clay minerals present in those rocks on the Martian surface could be similar to those in the ocean rock cracks.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Life found in rocks beneath the ocean floor give scientists hope of finding life on Mars," 2 Apr. 2020 The forgers also sprinkled the forgeries with clay mineral dust—similar in composition to that found in the Qumran Caves—after the inking in an attempt to cover up the fact that old leather had been used instead of parchment.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "All 16 Dead Sea Scroll fragments in the Museum of the Bible are fakes," 23 Mar. 2020 Curiosity took images on September 9, 2015, of Mount Sharp, a hematite-rich ridge, a plain full of clay minerals to create a composite and rounded buttes high in sulfate minerals.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, "New images show Mars as you've never seen it before," 20 Sep. 2019 Curiosity took images on September 9, 2015, of Mount Sharp, a hematite-rich ridge, a plain full of clay minerals to create a composite and rounded buttes high in sulfate minerals.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, "New images show Mars as you've never seen it before," 20 Sep. 2019 Curiosity took images on September 9, 2015, of Mount Sharp, a hematite-rich ridge, a plain full of clay minerals to create a composite and rounded buttes high in sulfate minerals.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, "New images show Mars as you've never seen it before," 20 Sep. 2019 Curiosity took images on September 9, 2015, of Mount Sharp, a hematite-rich ridge, a plain full of clay minerals to create a composite and rounded buttes high in sulfate minerals.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, "New images show Mars as you've never seen it before," 20 Sep. 2019 Curiosity took images on September 9, 2015, of Mount Sharp, a hematite-rich ridge, a plain full of clay minerals to create a composite and rounded buttes high in sulfate minerals.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Life may have existed on warm, rainy, ancient Mars before winter came," 20 Aug. 2019 Curiosity took images on September 9, 2015, of Mount Sharp, a hematite-rich ridge, a plain full of clay minerals to create a composite and rounded buttes high in sulfate minerals.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Life may have existed on warm, rainy, ancient Mars before winter came," 20 Aug. 2019
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