Gale crater mineralogy and geochemistry sample database
NEWS
- 03/03/2026: We have incorporated updated mineral composition tables into the datasets for the Marimba2, Quela, and Sebina samples.
- 04/17/2025: We have added the data for Mammoth Lakes 2 and Kings Canyon.
Cite the database:
Lafuente, B., Blake, D., Bristow, T., Rampe, E., Downs, R., Sarrazin, P., Downs, G., Stone, N., Pires, A., Vaniman, D., Yen, A., Franz, H., Lyness, E., & Fraeman, A. (2021). Gale Crater Mineralogy and Geochemistry database (GCMG). [Data set]. Open Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.48484/JN48-YW52.
4823 sols
Since landing on August 2015
22.58 miles
Distance driven from landing site
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40+ Samples
Collected and analyzed