Rock Samples

Limestone with Rhynconella found at Al Sasso, Tambre. (Photo F. Padovan)

     Here are shown some of the rocks from the most important formations found locally (from the Devonian to the Miocene period).
     In display cases 49, 50, 51 and 52 next to the rocks there are drawings showing the position of the Continents in different periods, the position and depth of the sea in the Belluno area and some prehistoric animals that inhabited the earth in different eras.