1 posted on
12/19/2015 4:50:10 PM PST by
BenLurkin
To: SunkenCiv
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Maybe Mars got nuked.
4 posted on
12/19/2015 5:01:42 PM PST by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: BenLurkin
The agency says it also found "a mineral named tridymite, rare on Earth and never seen before on Mars." Cool-looking mineral
Tridymite is a high-temperature polymorph of silica and usually occurs as minute tabular white or colorless pseudo-hexagonal crystals, or scales, in cavities in felsic volcanic rocks. Its chemical formula is SiO2. Tridymite was first described in 1868 and the type location is in Hidalgo, Mexico. The name is from the Greek tridymos for triplet as tridymite commonly occurs as twinned crystal trillings
5 posted on
12/19/2015 5:08:35 PM PST by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
To: BenLurkin
6 posted on
12/19/2015 5:10:16 PM PST by
Bon mots
To: BenLurkin
Not rare - common on Earth in volcanic soils -
SiO2 in a different form.
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"Silica is a highly versatile mineral and has found use in a myriad of applications. A silica-based aerogel was utilized in the Stardust spacecraft to gather extraterrestrial particles. Silica facilitates powder flow in the production of pharmaceutical products, such as tablets. It may be utilized for extracting DNA and RNA and is utilized in toothpaste as a hard abrasive tooth plaque removal. Its natural absorbency and light-diffusing properties make it useful in cosmetic applications. Colloidal silica is used as a wine- and juice-fining agent in the food and beverage industries. As a refractory material, silica is used as a high-temperature thermal protection fabric."
9 posted on
12/19/2015 5:18:48 PM PST by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: BenLurkin
11 posted on
12/19/2015 5:27:29 PM PST by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: BenLurkin
Its really a beautiful place if you like desolation.
12 posted on
12/19/2015 5:33:08 PM PST by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: BenLurkin
13 posted on
12/19/2015 5:39:03 PM PST by
Paladin2
(my non-desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
To: BenLurkin
14 posted on
12/19/2015 5:47:56 PM PST by
soycd
To: BenLurkin
Isn’t “silica” another name for “sand?”
23 posted on
12/19/2015 6:40:14 PM PST by
E. Pluribus Unum
("We are not a nation of immigrants. We are a nation of citizens." -- Mark Levin)
To: BenLurkin
At one time tridymite was considered rare, but that was before widespread testing of many different volcanic rocks turned out to contain lots of small to microscopic crystals of tridymite. Its wide spread distribution in certain types of rocks would require an abundance rating of at least common, although its identification is not easy.
28 posted on
12/19/2015 7:26:35 PM PST by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: BenLurkin
I would guess that with all that water activity, there is a lush, underground habitat on Mars. The Morlocks live there and raise Eloi as slaves and sources of food. Once in a while, they spot one of our rovers and plant things in their paths as a joke.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
29 posted on
12/20/2015 4:26:01 AM PST by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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