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Layer

Name: Layer #1

Physical characteristics

Type of layer: granular
Thickness: 9.8 $\pm$ 0.3 $mm$
Mass: 15.4 $g$
Texture: loose granular
Type of porosity: particulate
Porosity: 0.48 $\pm$ 0.01
Density: 0.99 $\pm$ 0.02 $g.cm^{-3}$

Formation conditions

Formation mode: manual deposition
Temperature: 295.0 $K$

Materials in layer

Number

6

Arrangement

homogeneous mixing

Materials

	Name	Arrangement	Mass (g)	Mass fraction	Abundance comments
	Ti-Magnetite			0.21
	Anorthite
	Olivine
	Ferrihydrite			0.105
	Augite
	Orthopyroxenes