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sandstone
Alum Bay
masonry
Sandstone buttes and pinnacles, Monument Valley, Arizona
Zion National Park
ripple mark
Eroded sandstone ridges in Purnululu National Park, northern Western Australia.
Valley of Fire State Park
Grand Canyon rock layering
rock textural terms
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