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Researchers, Based On NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Data, Have Found, In The Gale Crater, A Gemstone, Opal, Which Surrounds An Extensive Network Of Fractures That Could Have Been Water-Rich And Provided Habitable Conditions. Opal, Which Forms From Silica & Water, Could Act As A Proxy Or Be Used As A Water Source In Future Mars Exploration.

NASA Rover Discovers Gemstone On Mars

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2023/01/07/nasa-rover-discovers-gemstone-on-mars/?sh=391227832335

A research team using new methods to analyze data from NASA’s Mars rover was able to verify that fractures contained opal, on Earth a gemstone formed by the alteration of silica by water.