Calcite (Mohs hardness 3), fluorite (hardness 4) and periclase (hardness 5 1/2) have been eroded by snow blown at moderate wind velocities, at temperatures between —10 and —25°C. Future interpretations involving ventifacts and apparently wind-blasted rock exposures must take this information into account.
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