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Sols 4270-4272: Try Out for SAM

.The focus for this three-sol weekend break program is delivering a portion of the Kings Gulch punch example to SAM for Evolved Fuel Evaluation (EGA), adhering to on from an effective CheMin analysis. The CheMin and also SAM reviews, paired with APXS and ChemCam studies, will certainly tell our company about the structure and also mineralogy of this block within the Gediz Vallis stations deposit. Our team can compare it to the composition and mineralogy of the appealing Mammoth Lakes pierced example at Whitebark Pass, which was near the essential sulfur blocks, and additionally within the Gediz Vallis down payment, and also to the base outside the network as well as various other previous punched samples. This will certainly assist inform the source( s) of the blocks, which can be originated from higher up on Mount Sharp..