Usually means: Iron and manganese oxide coating.
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  1. desert varnish: Merriam-Webster
  2. desert varnish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. desert varnish: Wiktionary
  4. desert varnish: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. desert varnish: Dictionary.com
  6. Desert varnish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Desert varnish: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. desert varnish: Encyclopedia

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  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Desert Varnish: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  3. desert varnish: Dictionary of Geology

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▸ noun:  (geology) Synonym of rock varnish

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rock varnish, desert sand, desert rose, gossan, duricrust, aridisol, verdigris, ozocerite, durisol, sardel, more...

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rock varnish, desert sand, desert rose, gossan, duricrust, aridisol, verdigris, ozocerite, durisol, sardel, more...



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