Spirit Mars Exploration Rover imaged this unusually flaky rock called Mimi, one of many features in the area known as Stone Council . The rock is an oddity compared to other rocks seen at the Gusev crater site so far. One view is that Mimi's flaky layering might be caused by a process that involved the action of water.

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