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Mysterious Purple Coating Found on Mars Rocks in Every Direction - Good News Network
Jan 19, 2022 33 secs

On Earth, rock coatings, called varnishes, tend to be excellent places to find unusual microbes like cyanobacteria.

A study in South Tryol, Italy, found 55 species of bacteria living under rock varnishes in five sample locations, all of which were rich in iron and manganese.

While this tool didn’t detect any manganese in the Jezero samples, other samples taken in Gale Crater with a similar tool aboard the Curiosity rover, did; findings which were also published as an investigation into “rock coatings.”.

It’s a mystery that requires more investigation, and maybe before the end of the mission Perseverance will come across varnishes with both iron and manganese like the Italian ones?

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