Mineralogy, provenance, and diagenesis of a potassic basaltic sandstone on Mars: CheMin X‐ray diffraction of the Windjana sample (Kimberley area, Gale Crater)

  • Allan H. Treiman
    Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston Texas USA
  • David L. Bish
    Department of Geological Sciences Indiana University Bloomington Indiana USA
  • David T. Vaniman
    Planetary Science Institute Tucson Arizona USA
  • Steve J. Chipera
    Chesapeake Energy Corporation Oklahoma City Oklahoma USA
  • David F. Blake
    NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field California USA
  • Doug W. Ming
    Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division NASA Johnson Space Center Houston Texas USA
  • Richard V. Morris
    Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division NASA Johnson Space Center Houston Texas USA
  • Thomas F. Bristow
    NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field California USA
  • Shaunna M. Morrison
    Department of Geosciences University of Arizona Tucson Arizona USA
  • Michael B. Baker
    Division of Geologic and Planetary Sciences California Institute of Technology Pasadena California USA
  • Elizabeth B. Rampe
    Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division NASA Johnson Space Center Houston Texas USA
  • Robert T. Downs
    Department of Geosciences University of Arizona Tucson Arizona USA
  • Justin Filiberto
    Department of Geology Southern Illinois University Carbondale Illinois USA
  • Allen F. Glazner
    Department of Geological Sciences University of North Carolina Chapel Hill North Carolina USA
  • Ralf Gellert
    Department of Physics University of Guelf Guelph Ontario Canada
  • Lucy M. Thompson
    Department of Earth Sciences University of New Brunswick Fredericton New Brunswick Canada
  • Mariek E. Schmidt
    Department of Earth Sciences Brock University St. Catharines Ontario Canada
  • Laetitia Le Deit
    Laboratoire Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, LPGN/CNRS UMR6112, and Université de Nantes Nantes France
  • Roger C. Wiens
    Space Remote Sensing Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos New Mexico USA
  • Amy C. McAdam
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Maryland USA
  • Cherie N. Achilles
    Department of Geological Sciences Indiana University Bloomington Indiana USA
  • Kenneth S. Edgett
    Malin Space Science Systems, Inc. San Diego California USA
  • Jack D. Farmer
    School of Earth and Space Exploration Arizona State University Tempe Arizona USA
  • Kim V. Fendrich
    Department of Geosciences University of Arizona Tucson Arizona USA
  • John P. Grotzinger
    Division of Geologic and Planetary Sciences California Institute of Technology Pasadena California USA
  • Sanjeev Gupta
    Department of Earth Science and Engineering Imperial College London UK
  • John Michael Morookian
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena California USA
  • Megan E. Newcombe
    Division of Geologic and Planetary Sciences California Institute of Technology Pasadena California USA
  • Melissa S. Rice
    Department of Earth Sciences Western Washington University Bellingham Washington USA
  • John G. Spray
    Department of Earth Sciences University of New Brunswick Fredericton New Brunswick Canada
  • Edward M. Stolper
    Division of Geologic and Planetary Sciences California Institute of Technology Pasadena California USA
  • Dawn Y. Sumner
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences University of California Davis California USA
  • Ashwin R. Vasavada
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena California USA
  • Albert S. Yen
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena California USA

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The Windjana drill sample, a sandstone of the Dillinger member (Kimberley formation, Gale Crater, Mars), was analyzed by CheMin X‐ray diffraction (XRD) in the MSL Curiosity rover. From Rietveld refinements of its XRD pattern, Windjana contains the following: sanidine (21% weight, ~Or<jats:sub>95</jats:sub>); augite (20%); magnetite (12%); pigeonite; olivine; plagioclase; amorphous and smectitic material (~25%); and percent levels of others including ilmenite, fluorapatite, and bassanite. From mass balance on the Alpha Proton X‐ray Spectrometer (APXS) chemical analysis, the amorphous material is Fe rich with nearly no other cations—like ferrihydrite. The Windjana sample shows little alteration and was likely cemented by its magnetite and ferrihydrite. From ChemCam Laser‐Induced Breakdown Spectrometer (LIBS) chemical analyses, Windjana is representative of the Dillinger and Mount Remarkable members of the Kimberley formation. LIBS data suggest that the Kimberley sediments include at least three chemical components. The most K‐rich targets have 5.6% K<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>O, ~1.8 times that of Windjana, implying a sediment component with >40% sanidine, e.g., a trachyte. A second component is rich in mafic minerals, with little feldspar (like a shergottite). A third component is richer in plagioclase and in Na<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>O, and is likely to be basaltic. The K‐rich sediment component is consistent with APXS and ChemCam observations of K‐rich rocks elsewhere in Gale Crater. The source of this sediment component was likely volcanic. The presence of sediment from many igneous sources, in concert with Curiosity's identifications of other igneous materials (e.g., mugearite), implies that the northern rim of Gale Crater exposes a diverse igneous complex, at least as diverse as that found in similar‐age terranes on Earth.</jats:p>

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