Next it will perform a feat that has so far only been done on Earth — identifying the specific minerals, such
as iron sulphate or magnesium sulphate, in rock samples.
Not exact matches
As a comparison, they also measured the effects of ferrous
sulphate, another very commonly available
iron compound.
Dated to 3.43 billion years ago in sandstone from the Strelley Pool Formation in Western Australia, the microstructures were found with micrometer - sized pyrite crystals (fool's gold, an
iron - sulfur mineral),
as would be expected
as the metabolic by - products of sulfur - based life that employ «
sulphate - reduction and sulphur - disproportionation pathways.»
With
sulphate shields in the sky and
iron filings in the oceans, our lives, we may be told, can continue
as they have since the advent of the fossil fuel age.