What my IANAG™ ¹ eyes see on that rock, even in micro-scale, is that same ubiquitous purple coating being present in every crack and crease of it.

We've seen that everywhere, inside the Jezero crater and now outside it. So, if I dare make a hypothesis, whatever that process was, it must have started *after* the Jezero meteor hit the ground.

¹ IANAG = I Am Not A Geologist

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So, what's there in that crumbled rock that is so interesting for the #Perseverance team to stop and investigate? Let's try to see what they may be seeing. In 3D.

Pseudo 3D of two WATSON images offering a slight parallax. For cross-eyed and wiggle-3D viewing.

Processed, cropped, rotated SHERLOC_WATSON
looking down (-80°) from RMC 86.0000
Sol 1777, LMST: 15:52:14
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01777/ids/edr/browse/shrlc/SIF_1777_0824705224_031EBY_N0860000SRLC00651_0000LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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… while in the cool of the night SHERLOC_ACI took the lead to examine the recent abrasion under deep-ultraviolet light, looking for several astrobiologically-relevant organics and minerals, carbonates, perchlorates, sulfates and phyllosilicates. (I can RTFM, but IANAG 🥴 )

Processed, cropped SHERLOC_ACI
looking down (-84°) from RMC 85.0000
Sol 1774, LMST: 19:48:07
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01774/ids/edr/browse/shrlc/SC2_1774_0824453442_390ECM_N0850000SRLC00251_0000LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech 65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space #JezeroPlaster

Those blue / green minerals may be what gave the abrasion its pale ochre and slightly greenish hues.

https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/116052518990288727

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