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January 6th 05, 04:11 AM
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Concentrations of Platinum on Mars
How much platinum and other precious metals are they finding on Mars
with the rovers? 
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January 9th 05, 12:19 AM
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In article .com,
stork wrote: How much platinum and other precious metals are they finding on Mars with the rovers? No data. The APXS is the only rover instrument sensitive to detailed chemical composition, and as best I can tell without going digging up references, it yields no meaningful information about heavy elements. -- "Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend." | Henry Spencer -- George Herbert |
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January 22nd 05, 04:44 PM
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Heat Shield Rock (nickel-iron meteorite just found by Opportunity)
would have trace (parts per million) amounts of the platinum group elements.
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