As the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinking and cracking into long columns.

几个世纪过去了，岩石冷却、硬化，随后收缩、开裂，变成了长长的石柱。

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The sample consisted of pebbles of hardened sediment that had once been soft, deep-sea mud, as well as granules of gypsum and fragments of volcanic rock.

这一样本包括曾经柔软的的硬化沉积物的卵石、深海淤泥以及石膏颗粒和火山岩碎片。

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These product types are described as hard types because they are hardened in the model.

这些产品类型被描述为硬类型，因为它们被固定在模型中。

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