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This microscopic image about 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) square shows a sand-covered rock with knobby protrusions, described by geologist Steve Squyres as having 'a shape as if somebody took a potato and stuck toothpicks in it, then put jelly beans on the ends of the toothpicks.'
New Mineral Appetizer?
Geologist Steve Squyres said this tantalizing rock formation looked "as if somebody took a potato and stuck toothpicks in it, then put jelly beans on the end of the toothpicks."

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/USGS