Rock with the teeth-like formation circulating on Twitter could be a dike.

Britannica Encyclopedia suggests that this rock formation could be a dike, though geologists say that it is hard to study a rock via an image only.

Britannica Encyclopedia suggests that this rock formation could be a dike, though geologists say that it is hard to study a rock via an image only.According to Britannica Encyclopedia, a geological dike is a sheet-like body intruded into preexisting bedding of rocks. The picture accompanying the original tweet suggests that it could be a sedimentary or igneous bedrock intruded by a white dike. Another tweet in this thread advised that without a study from the local geological department, it would be hard to ascertain exactly what kind of rock formation is shown in the picture.

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