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Sols 4270-4272: Taste for SAM

.The focus for this three-sol weekend break program is actually delivering a part of the Kings Canyon punch sample to SAM for Evolved Gas Analysis (EGA), observing on coming from a successful CheMin analysis. The CheMin and also SAM reviews, combined along with APXS and ChemCam evaluations, will definitely tell our company concerning the make-up as well as mineralogy of this particular block within the Gediz Vallis network deposit. We may review it to the structure and also mineralogy of the interesting Mammoth Lakes punched example at Whitebark Pass, which was near the elemental sulfur blocks, as well as additionally within the Gediz Vallis down payment, as well as to the bedrock outside the channel as well as various other previous pierced examples. This will help notify the source( s) of the blocks, which may be derived from higher up on Mount Sharp..