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Petrified Springs:
Mono Lake's "petrified springs" are spectacular examples of what nature can do with a few basic ingredients. Ask geologists what "tufa" is and they will tell you "it's calcium carbonate formed by the mixing of waters of different compositions."
Tufa gets its name from the Latin "tofus" which means porous stone.
Tufa forms underwater in Mono Lake. |