[TXnMA]

"That said, there is an anomalous metallic looking object to the right of the rover’s boom. Unfortunately, the download resolution is only 72dpi so there is no way to get fine detail on the object."

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Going to APOD and clicking on the image to get the uncompressed panoramic view is definitely worthwhile.

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This "anomalous metallic looking object"?

It certainly is anomalous -- lying there, atop that field of flat, planar slabs. And the "metallic" luster appear to be reflecting the blue of the sky you mentioned. Almost makes one suspect it might be a metallic meteorite...

FWIW -- to me, that whole area definitely looks sedimentary and water-eroded. In fact, if I were in West Texas, I would be inspecting the base of the "caprock" on those buttes (where it intersects the talus slope) for eroded "rockshelters" that had been occupied by prehistoric Texans...

[PIF]

Yep that one - the metallic object with an unnatural shape - definitely not a meteorite to me, but something else, maybe machined - like the dozens, perhaps hundreds of other anomalous metallic objects seen in other images.

Ever wonder why both Mars and the Moon have two differentiated sides with a sharp boundary - one side with many many craters and the other nearly smooth with few craters? They both look as though someone shot two round balls with a shotgun-like effect.