NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Reveals Geological Mystery: Spherical Objects Unlike Previously Found 'Blueberries' ScienceDaily, September 14, 2012) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120914154003.htm
Puzzling Little Martian Spheres That Don't Taste Like 'Blueberries', NASA picture http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/multimedia/pia16139.html http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05564 NASA Mars rover finds a crunchy 'blueberry' surprise New Scientist, Septemebr 15, 2012 http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/09/mars-rover-finds-a-crunchy-blu.html Mars 'Blueberries': Iron Baubles Spotted By NASA Opportunity Rover, Suggests Life Existed On Red Planet, Huffington Post, Sept. 14, 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/mars-iron-blueberries-indicates-presence-life_n_1882138.html A possibly related paper is: Weber, K. A., T. L. Spanbauer, D. Wacey, M. R. Kilburn, D. B. Loope, and R. M. Kettler, 2012, Biosignatures link microorganisms to iron mineralization in a paleoaquifer. Geology. vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 747-750. http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/40/8/747.abstract PDF file at http://www.geosciences.unl.edu/~dloope/pdf/Weber2012.pdf Best wishes, Paul h. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
