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Sols 4270-4272: Test for SAM

.The focus for this three-sol weekend program is providing a portion of the Kings Gulch drill example to SAM for Evolved Gas Review (EGA), following on coming from an effective CheMin evaluation. The CheMin as well as SAM evaluations, coupled with APXS and also ChemCam reviews, will inform our company regarding the make-up and also mineralogy of this block within the Gediz Vallis network down payment. We may contrast it to the composition and also mineralogy of the interesting Mammoth Lakes pierced sample at Whitebark Pass, which neighbored the important sulfur blocks, and additionally within the Gediz Vallis deposit, in addition to to the base outside the stations and various other previous drilled examples. This will definitely aid update the source( s) of the blocks, which might be originated from higher up on Mount Sharp..