Sentences with phrase «phyllosilicate minerals»
Like the fine grains sampled in the Aru avalanche debris, Martian dust is talcum powder - sized particles of platy phyllosilicate minerals.
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When this occurs another massively common igneous and metamorphic phyllosilicate mineral called mica grows directly into the faults as well.
Not exact matches
The best match for the spectra proved to be something De Sanctis and her team hadn't even been looking for — clay - like minerals called ammoniated phyllosilicates.
A study led by Eleonora Ammannito of the University of California, Los Angeles, finds that clay - forming minerals called phyllosilicates are all over Ceres.
To satisfy microbial nutritional fitness, the research team uses mineral mixtures that mimic the Martian regolith composition from different locations and historical periods of Mars: «JSC 1A» is mainly composed of palagonite — a rock that was created by lava; «P - MRS» is rich in hydrated phyllosilicates; the sulfate containing «S - MRS,» emerging from acidic times on Mars and the highly porous «MRS07 / 52» that consists of silicate and iron compounds and simulates sediments of the Martian surface.
Phyllosilicates are clay - like minerals, formed in the presence of a neutral - pH water, and are indicative of a habitable environment.