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Sols 4270-4272: Try Out for SAM

.The emphasis for this three-sol weekend plan is actually providing a section of the Kings Canyon drill sample to SAM for Evolved Gasoline Study (EGA), observing on from a successful CheMin review. The CheMin and SAM reviews, coupled with APXS and ChemCam studies, will certainly inform our team concerning the structure as well as mineralogy of this block within the Gediz Vallis stations down payment. We may compare it to the composition and mineralogy of the fascinating Mammoth Lakes punched example at Whitebark Pass, which neighbored the essential sulfur blocks, as well as likewise within the Gediz Vallis down payment, and also to the base outside the network as well as various other previous punched examples. This are going to help update the source( s) of the blocks, which can be stemmed from higher up on Mount Sharp..