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Sols 4270-4272: Sample for SAM

.The emphasis for this three-sol weekend plan is delivering a section of the Kings Gulch drill sample to SAM for Evolved Gasoline Analysis (EGA), adhering to on coming from a prosperous CheMin review. The CheMin and also SAM studies, coupled with APXS as well as ChemCam studies, will inform us concerning the composition and mineralogy of this particular block within the Gediz Vallis stations down payment. Our company can easily compare it to the composition and mineralogy of the intriguing Mammoth Lakes pierced example at Whitebark Pass, which was near the elemental sulfur blocks, and additionally within the Gediz Vallis down payment, as well as to the bedrock outside the stations and also various other previous drilled samples. This will definitely assist educate the source( s) of the blocks, which may be derived from higher up on Mount Sharp..