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A dark, rusty-brown surface coating of iron oxide, manganese oxide, and clay often found on desert rocks is known as

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desert varnish

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Desert varnish

Also called the rock varnish ,

It is the orange -yellowish to blackish coating which is found on the surface of rocks in the arid environments .

It is about a micrometer thick and have a nanometer - scale layering on the surface .

desert varnish is formed only over the surface of the physically stable rocks.

The composition of the varnish is from iron , and manganese oxides .

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