Geological Term for Scratch on a Rock Surface

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Question is: Geological Term for Scratch on a Rock Surface

and the answer is: STRIATION

Word Meaning:

STRIATION — (countable, mineralogy) One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of crystals.

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