SuperCam finds chromium corundum on Mars with luminescence like ruby
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SuperCam’s Raman work on a light Martian rock showed narrow peaks at 692.7 and 694.1 nm from delayed chromium transitions in corundum—the ruby gemstone structure. Timing the photons confirmed the source. Ann Ollila’s team reported the result in Geophysical Research Letters this year.
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