Mojave Mars Simulant

DESCRIPTION

MMS-1: Mojave Mars Simulant 1 (MMS-1) is based on original research conducted by NASA/JPL in 2007 supporting the Mars Phoenix mission. Our MMS-1 simulant is composed of Saddleback Basalt from the same sources used by the JPL. Whole rocks crushed to aggregate, are then sift separated by grain size, and vacuum-seal packed and labelled to be shipped for your valuable research and projects.

MMS-2: Enhanced Mojave Mars Simulant 2 (MMS-2) is a chemically enriched blend of Mars regolith simulant. Based on MMS-1 Super-Fine Grade, we then add Iron III Oxide, Silicon Dioxide, Magnesium Oxide and Calcium Oxide. The addition of these compounds changes the Aluminum Oxide : Iron Oxide ratio. This ratio is critical - on Earth, aluminum oxides are dominant, while iron oxides are more abundant on Mars. By changing the Al:Fe Ratio, we can get MMS-2 closer to the chemical composition of Mars than any other Martian simulant.

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Density

 
Density.png
 

Grading

 
 

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

 
MMS Composition % By Weight.png
 

DOCUMENTS

XRD/XRF Chemical Analysis Report: MMS-1 / MMS-2
Safety Data Sheet: MMS-1 / MMS-2
Original NASA/JPL Research: Mojave Mars Simulant: Characterization of a new geologic Mars analogue.