The Museum of Barcelona presents the first 'restingolitas'
Europa Press, Barcelona (24/11/2011. 07:30 am)
The Natural History Museum of Barcelona, also known as Museu Blau, exhibits from Wednesday the first rocks from the underwater volcanic eruption on the island of El Hierro, as reported by the City Council of the Catalan capital in a statement.
The stones were collected on October 19 in the Sea of Calm in the south of the island, by a neighbor called Peter Canomanuel, who has decided to donate to the museum for exhibition.
The material found has been dubbed 'restingolita', for being near the village of La Restinga, and is characterized by a dark surface formed by basaltic magma that cooled very quickly, which provides a greater contrast with light colored interior and composed of volcanic glass with high silica content.
The museum displays has stated that after they have found this double-ended, so that the exhibition will include an explanation of the stone and a recent chronology of the eruption.
The rocks are considered one of the youngest in the world, and have been integrated in a display case within the scope of Rocks and Minerals from the museum's exhibition Living Planet.
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