Numerous Mars “Rocks” Do Not Have Rock Textures.

(Before It's News)

Mars Exploration Rovers (Curiosity, Opportunity, Spirit) have sent back numerous pictures of “rocks” that do not have the textures of rocks. Two examples: http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556630175&p=278

http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556637597&p=280

Source of image: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=0135MR0822007000E1_DXXX&s=135

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=0132MH0163000000R0_DXXX&s=132

Reasons: One must consider an object’s texture, morphology, context and micro-structure before identifying it as a rock. Above two examples are not any of very fine-grained rocks, glass, chert, clay rocks, meteorites , impact melt, etc.

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