TNPSC Thervupettagam

Open Rock Museum

January 9 , 2022 1041 days 750 0
  • Union Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Jitendra Singh, inaugurated India's first “Open Rock Museum” in Hyderabad.
  • The museum displays about 35 different varieties of rocks from different parts of India.
  • The age of these rocks is ranging from 3.3 billion years to around 55 million years.
  • These rocks also represent the deepest part of the Earth, which is up to 175 km of distance from Earth’s surface.
  • The Museum was inaugurated at the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI).

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