Fig. 3
As a sample contracts upon drying, a smaller number of new and dry contacts is established between the grains. Even rewetting under laboratory conditions will not increase the number of contacts again, and water will not diffuse back into the contact area. The most stable configurations in which no more rotations are possible have N = 3 contacts (N = 2 in two dimensions).
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