Sillar
Sillar is a whitish volcanic stone from which many colonial buildings in the city of Arequipa, Peru, are made from. A fine example are the Arcs of the "Mirador of Yanahuara" in Arequipa, from which the entire city can be appreciated. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The stone, a vapour-phase crystallized tuff produced by the now-extinct Chachani volcano during the Pleistocene era, was named by the geologist Clarence Fenner in 1948. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Volcanic: REDIRECT Volcano... Arequipa: :For the cactus genus, see Oreocereus.... Peru: The Republic of Peru, (Spanish: Rep?blica del Per?), or Peru, is a country in western South America, bordering Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil to the east, Bolivia to the east, south-east and south, Chile to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Peru is rich in cultural anthropolog... | ~ Table of Content ~
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