The robot ‘Curiosity’ found a rock on Mars similar to terrestrial volcanic

October 12, 2012
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U.S. space agency NASA on its website reported, “The robot on Mars Curiosity found a stone that is closer to some other terrestrial volcanic samples found on this planet to date. Stone, one of the first Martian rocks studying in depth the robot “Curiosity”, is unlikely to be a copy and surprised the experts.”

The researcher Edward Stolper of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena said, the stone has the size of a football but in a pyramid form, which was given the name ‘Jake Matijevic’, and has characteristics with volcanic rocks on Earth areas like Hawaii, formed under the earth’s crust with high pressure and the presence of water.

“This stone corresponds well with the chemical composition with a rare but well known rock found in many igneous volcanic provinces on Earth.”

“By having a single Martian stone of this type is difficult to know whether formed by the same methods, but it is a reasonable point to start a reflection on its origin.”