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Sols 4270-4272: Sample for SAM

.The concentration for this three-sol weekend break program is delivering a portion of the Kings Gulch bore sample to SAM for Evolved Fuel Evaluation (EGA), adhering to on coming from an effective CheMin evaluation. The CheMin and also SAM studies, combined along with APXS and also ChemCam evaluations, will inform us concerning the composition and mineralogy of this block within the Gediz Vallis network deposit. Our team can compare it to the make-up and also mineralogy of the interesting Mammoth Lakes punched sample at Whitebark Pass, which was near the essential sulfur blocks, and likewise within the Gediz Vallis down payment, as well as to the base outside the stations and other previous punched samples. This will assist notify the source( s) of the blocks, which might be originated from higher on Mount Sharp..