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Also Known As	latosol

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Eroded red and white cliffs with jagged formations and sparse vegetation at Miradouro da Lua, the Moon Landscape, in Angola.

lateritic weathering

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terre de barre bauxite soil mineral processing duricrust uraninite hematite galena carnotite scheelite sphalerite banded-iron formation kaolisol