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Cayetano Herrero, Director of the Museum of Ethnography and Science of Nature "Jerónimo Molina" accompanied by Emiliano Hernandez, Head of Culture Department of Jumilla, and Angel Francisco Cutillas, contributor to the Museum, presented this morning, part of the quarter the Ethnographic host until December, and that this time will be two rocks, one Gneiss Lewisense a Teneguia, or what is the same, the oldest rock and the most modern in Europe.
As explained by Herrero Cayetano, this time we have chosen two that reflect very well over time on the rocks, having between them millions of years apart.
The oldest is from the island of Mull, Scotland and has 1,150 million years ago, when the continents that still remained united.
It is a highly metamorphosed quartz sandstone.
The rock was donated by Angel Francisco in 1999 and a copy is very hard to find, which are similar in some parts of Finland.
As for Europe's youngest rock is of Spanish origin, dating from 1971, and was collected from the site of Teneguia, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
The rock came from volcanic eruptions which then occurred in the island, and was picked up by Angel Francisco itself, and as told, "still burned when collected from that place."
Both pieces can be visited at the Museum of Ethnography and Science of Nature "Jerónimo Molina" until December from Tuesday to Saturday from 10.00 to 14.00 and from 17.00 to 20.00, and Sundays and holidays from 11.00 to 14.00.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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