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Unusual Mini Tes Spectra?
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post Mar 23 2004, 01:34 PM
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An article at BBC Online with Steve Sqyures mentions unusal and unidentified spectra from Mini-TES: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3560279.stm

"What is this mystery in the Mini-Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-Tes) spectra of Adirondack, the rock that has been investigated by the Spirit rover?

In the Mini-Tes spectra of some of the rocks at Gusev some of these apparently volcanic rocks, we are seeing the spectral signature of some mineral or minerals that we simply don't recognise - something that we don't have in our spectral library.

Prof Squyres says the mission has been immensely gratifying
So we have to give it some more thought, do some hunting to see if there are some less well known minerals on Earth that have a spectral signature like that. But right now, we don't know what it is. "

I dont recall hearing about this before, can anyone shed any light on it?
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