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Meridianiite, MgSO4•11H2O, is a recently discovered[1] mineral named after the cratered plain of Meridiani Planum on Mars. The mineral is only stable at cold temperatures and until 2008, was only known as a synthetic material. However, data collected on Mars suggested that it may be a natural mineral, and Ronald Peterson, professor of geology at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, sought to find it in frozen ponds in British Columbia, once mined for magnesium sulfate.
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