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"FAIRY CHIMNEYS" (Peri Bacalari)
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"Fairy chimneys" were
formed when lava covering the tuff (consolidated volcanic ash) gave way along
preexisting cracks of sloping areas and became isolated pinnacles. "Fairy
chimneys," which can attain a height of up to forty meters, have conical
shapes and consist of caps of harder rock resting on pillars of softer rock. 
A "fairy chimney" exists until the neck of the cone
erodes and its protective cap falls off. The subsequent disintegration of the
remaining pinnacle continues until it is completely leveled down.