Curiosity spectrograph confirms rock is iron-nickel meteorite

[gary]

On Oct 30th 2016, using its Mastcam, Curiosity captured this image of a
smooth, golf-balled sized rock -
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/fig...21134_fig1.jpg

The array of brighter points visible on the rock resulted from laser zapping
by Curiosity's Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument.

It has confirmed that it is an iron-nickel meteorite.

Story here at JPL web site -
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/...hp?id=PIA21133
and here -
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/pia21134

[gary]

History will have us believe Alexander's army wimped out at the Indus
River, in what is now Pakistan, before making an ill-fated march back
through the Makran desert.

[The_bluester (Paul)]

Lol, it took me a couple of times looking to work out what you were on about there Gary.

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by gary

History will have us believe Alexander's army wimped out at the Indus
River, in what is now Pakistan, before making an ill-fated march back
through the Makran desert.

Uncanny...