Mars Geology
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Hey howdy. Am doing some Martian worldbuilding and wondering about the rarity of some specific minerals and resources on Mars. The list is:
- quartz
- beryl
- bixbyite
- baryte/barium
- vanadium
- aerinite/silicate minerals
- calcite/calcium carbonate
- dolomite
- esperite
- fluorapatite/phosphate minerals
- malachite
- pyrite
- jasper
- celestine
- granite
- obsidian
My question is more on the rarity of these on Mars relative to their rarity on Earth, because theoretically all of these/almost all of these are possible to be found on Mars.
(Also ignore the fact that I accidentally commented on the first post of this community instead of making a post I am still getting used to this site lmao)
- quartz
- beryl
- bixbyite
- baryte/barium
- vanadium
- aerinite/silicate minerals
- calcite/calcium carbonate
- dolomite
- esperite
- fluorapatite/phosphate minerals
- malachite
- pyrite
- jasper
- celestine
- granite
- obsidian
My question is more on the rarity of these on Mars relative to their rarity on Earth, because theoretically all of these/almost all of these are possible to be found on Mars.
(Also ignore the fact that I accidentally commented on the first post of this community instead of making a post I am still getting used to this site lmao)