The rover did not find gemstones scattered across Mars. It detected tiny grains of corundum—the mineral that forms rubies and sapphires—inside pale, silica-rich rocks whose chemistry is difficult to explain. The post Perseverance Found the Mineral Behind Rubies in Strange Rocks on Mars appeared first on Curiosmos.
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