Reflectivity Spectra of Sulfate Alteration Products of Volcanic Tephra from the Summit of Mauna Kea Volcano: Implication for Martian Sulfate Mineralogy

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Jarosites, Mars, Oxidation, Spectra: Reflectance, Weathering

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We report XRD and reflectivity data for samples of tephra from the summit cones of Mauna Kea Volcano that have been oxidatively altered to the hydoxysulfate minerals alunite and jarosite, presumably by hot, sulfur-bearing magmatic gas and/or fluids percolating up through the cinder cone. This process could also occur on Mars, where the heat source could be impact processes in addition to volcanic processes. It is possible that the ~900 nm band observed in certain martian spectral data results from jarosites and is evidence for these processes.

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