**Author details**

Anupam K. Misra\* and Tayro E. Acosta-Maeda Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA

\*Address all correspondence to: anupam@hawaii.edu

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*Hematite Spherules on Mars*

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