I would guess that the gray stuff is the basalt...

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Mitch

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PostPosted: November 11, 2004 9:12 PM 

I would guess that the gray stuff is the basaltic sand and the red grits is the ubiquitous martian dust. The red dust is actually finer but is bound up into little lumps by electrostatic forces. Remember those gritty-looking drifts at Gusev? The gray sand probably sifts down over the rim after drifting across the plains.

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