submitted by Museum Administration on 02.11.2004
Flint is sedimentary rock with a fine, compact texture and a shiny fracture. This piece of gray flint is 2.5 cm long. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
Flint splits in any direction and fractures into sharp edges, which made it a good material for prehistoric tools. This bit of red flint is 3.5 cm long. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
Flint is a sedimentary form of silica, often found in limestone. This rock contains a core of black flint inside a chunk of compact limestone. 4.5 cm long. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
Limestone and red flint sandwich, 4 cm long. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
These wonderful beach stones are made from layered bands of black flint and white almond stone. The longest one pictured is 6 cm; all were found on Paliopoli beach. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
This is a conglomerate in which the fragments are not rounded, but sharp and angular. This one is 8 cm across. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
Conglomerate rock, containing rounded bits of other rocks, 5 cm long, found on Paliopoli beach. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
Metamorphic rock formed from shale or mud, containing sparkling minerals of mica. This specimen, found just north of Potamos, is 11 cm long. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
A small piece of Gneiss, 4 cm long, showing its coarse grain. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
Metamorphic, coarse-grained rock, often banded. This specimen, showing where the rock has been folded under pressure, is 6.5 cm long. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
Metamorphic rock with a hard, compact texture, which may contain dead organic matter and lead. This specimen is 4 cm long. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
This incredible beach stone has veins that spell the Greek word ‘oxi’, meaning ‘no.’ Imagine our amazement when we came upon it on the beach near Agia Pelagia!
Beach stone illustrating Euclidean proposition VI.2. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
Beach stone illustrating the Euclidean diagram for Book One, Proposition 27. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
Beach stone with the number 70 inlaid in calcite. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
Beach stone inscribed XVI, the Roman Numeral for 16. Photograph by Peter B Tzannes, 2004
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