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By definition, this makes the Blackthorn Salt a diagenetic feature, or one that occurs after sediment is turned sedimentary rock.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2022

"We've seen diagenetic features with similar shapes before," Dr. Abigail Fraeman, a planetary scientist and deputy project scientist for the Curiosity rover, told Live Science, "but this dendritic shape is particularly beautiful."

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2022