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Although the Martian crust has has a similar set of the most-abundant elements as Earth's -- for instance, on both planets oxygen is #1 and silicon #2 -- there are some differences. Compared with Earth's crust, the Martian version has more iron and magnesium, and less aluminum, calcium, and alkali metals. The top five elements on Mars are shown here: ...
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