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Clay Minerals

Kaolinite Illite Smectite Subsurface Analysis Feldspar Olivine

Perseverance Links Jezero’s White Clays to Rainfall on Ancient Mars

Peer-reviewed analyses match the fragments’ chemistry to low-temperature leaching, leaving their source within Jezero unresolved.

Perseverance Rover Finds Clay Minerals in ‘Kenmore’ and Sets New Autonomous Drive Record