Layer
Name
Sample evolved by sublimation of an initial ternary mixture of CO2 frost with 3 wt.% fine-grained water ice and 0.2 wt.% of JSC Mars-1; texture: compacted;
Type of layer
granular
Thickness
20.0  $\pm$ 2.0  $mm$
Texture
loose granular
Type of porosity
particulate
Formation mode
manual deposition
Temperature
200.0  $K$
Number
8
Arrangement
single material
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
CO2 frost 96.8
Water ice spherical particles 4.5±2.5 μm 3.0
Ti-Magnetite 0.042
Anorthite
Olivine
Ferrihydrite 0.021
Augite
Orthopyroxenes