As with stone needle I preferred the poetic translation over the technical term, so I'm not saying anthodite is wrong. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Yes Michael, I think you're absolutely right: I came accross some of those more technical names you mentioned, however the target audience for this translation wouldn't be specialists in geology, so I think the more poetic literal translations are fine.
The names for these formations seem more poetic than technical in English eg. "broomstricks", "bacon", "popcorn"... (maybe a geologist can set me straight here), so I think you are pretty safe going with the literal Chinese: flower, curtain, needle etc.
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As with stone needle I preferred the poetic translation over the technical term, so I'm not saying anthodite is wrong.
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