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A Problematic Rock on Mars

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All articles by Wretch Fossil are here: http://www.wretch.cc/blog/lin440315&category_id=0

Last updated on April 2, 2017

Important context images: mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=1639MH00019000106…
http://www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/image/01638/1638MR0084720030801882E01_DXXX.html
The cm-sized dark rock at the center is problematic because it may be an artificial rock. First of all, no geologists think it is a sedimentary rock as it contains many holes. Some people think it is an igneous rock because it is dark in color and contains many holes. The question is: how did an igneous rock get here? It is unlikely to have come from a volcano, as the nearest volcano is hundreds of miles away. It is unlikely to have come from a meteor impact event, as it is outside the ejecta blanket  of the nearest meteor impact crater (note 1). Martian wind cannot have transported it from far away. A clue lies in the larger rock it sits on. NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity crushed the lower edge of the larger rock, thus exposing the complex structure in the interior of an artificial rock, which is evident in mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=1639MH00019000106… 
Moreover, there are numerous evidences for artificial rocks in Gale Crater, as shown in https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=12527956%40N07&sort=date-taken-desc&text=artificial%20rock&view_all=1
and in http://wretchfossil.blogspot.tw/search?q=artificial+rocks
So, the rocks are likely artificial rocks.

Note 1: “Over 90% of the debris (from meteor impact) falls within approximately 5 radii of the center of the crater.“ Quoted from 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejecta_blanket
See also: volcano eruption radius:

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/how-high-can-explosive-eruptions-go-and-how-far-can-debris-and-ash-be-spread
Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/105796482@N04/33365889822/sizes/o


Added on March 20: The Problem with Rocks in Gale Crater
The basic question regarding rocks and sands in Gale Crater is:
why do numerous “sedimentary rocks” in Gale Crater and sands in Bagnold Dune contain minerals that are characteristic of igneous rocks (note 1)? 
By definition, sedimentary rocks do not contain minerals that are characteristic of igneous rocks (note 1). However, numerous “sedimentary rocks” in Gale Crater possess basaltic minerals (note 1). No one says the layered rocks in Gale Crater are igneous rocks or metamorphic rocks. So, the answer: the rocks and sands originate from artificial rocks as evidenced in https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=12527956%40N07&sort=date-taken-desc&text=artificial%20rock&view_all=1
and in http://wretchfossil.blogspot.tw/search?q=artificial+rocks
Note 1: see wretchfossil.blogspot.tw/2015/10/water-falsifies-mars-roc…
           and https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/2016/mudstone-mineralogy-from-curiositys-chemin-2013-to-2016&s=2

Wretch Fossil’s website:http://wretchfossil.blogspot.com/


Source: http://wretchfossil.blogspot.com/2017/03/nasa-challenged-by-this-rock.html



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