Discover minerals on Mars

NASA's Mars Exploration Robot has discovered a new mineral that completely changes what humans have known about the Red Planet.

Scientists discovered evidence of tridymite on Mars based on analyzing data sent back with NASA's Curiosity Rover robot.Tridymite is an unstable volcanic mineral on Earth.

What Curiosity Rover discovery robot on Mars has the potential to rewrite what humanity knows about the Red planet so far . "It's really convenient, but we were shocked . There is no evidence to confirm there are tectonic plates on Mars. That's why it was such a surprise to find this tridymite." , lead researcher Richard Morris, also a geochemist at NASA's Johnson Space Center, said.

Unlike the Earth, Mars has no geomagnetic changes leading to volatile volcanoes and massive earthquakes. This has led to planetary scientists claiming that Mars's geological history is domesticated.

Before the discovery of tridymite, the volcanic evidence they found on Mars was more than the usual flow: basalt volcano resembles what constitutes the island of Hawaii. This suggests that Mars volcanoes are formed as a result of hot-melting mantles found beneath the surface of the planet.

NASA discovered rare tridymite minerals covered by light blue dust.

Lava from volcanic basalt is rich in iron, magnesium and less silica. The discovery of tridymite - made up of lava rich in silica, combined with chemical recrystallizes from volcanoes after exposure to extreme heat and water, can help reshape what humanity knows. about the ancient history of Mars.

Discover Tridymite

NASA's Curiosity Rover robots have been exploring the Gale Crater crater on the Red planet for years. In 2015, robots began exploring and exploiting for patterns in an area called Marias Pass.

The first Earth-based team noted that the appearance of rocks suggested the presence of silica . When the team put rock samples for X-ray analysis, the results showed very high levels of tridymite.

Close up of tridymite minerals.(Photo: Dakota Matrix Minerals).

Besides, the team speculated that the minerals might have been created somewhere on the Red planet and somehow ended up in the crater basin. Scientists assert, in findings from the original study suggest that water is used to fill some parts of the crater.

Following that, the ancient rivers and streams of the Red planet flowed from distant places that could have brought materials - substances that could be formed or pushed out by Mars volcanic explosions. This finding leads to more questions, one of which is how volcanoes form without creating arrays?

Morris added that the activity of the silicic volcano on the Red Planet would " turn people's thoughts a little better". The scientific community is currently conducting a number of studies to analyze how geological tridymite can form in basalt and lower temperatures.