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Do any spike-like "cemented fillings of ancient fractures in a sedimentary rock", remotely similar to this one on Mars, occur on Earth?
Something that comes close are The Pinnacles, near Cervantes in Western Australia. The Pinnacles are a field of rock pillars up to 3.5 m tall.
There are three theories for the formation of the ...
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