stones, minerals and fossils found on the island through various excavations. A major part of Manolis’ personal collection can also be found here. The entire collection is called the ‘Petros Protopapadakis Geological Collection”.
The “emery”, a hard rock that’s dark in color, considered to be the most precious metal in Naxos is found in large amounts at the museum. This metal was widely used in ancient times to construct tools that would process stone.
The collection of rocks and stones is not limited to those only
found in Greece but extends to other parts of the world as well. One can see obsidian blades from Milos, pumice from Santorini, volcanic minerals from Mount Vesuvius and Mount Etna, bauxite and cyanide from Brazil and also mineral rock from meteorites.
In the last exhibition hall of the museum, you will come across a machine that sends out ultraviolet rays that allow you to see the various colorations of the rocks that are otherwise invisible to the naked eye.
There are also different fossils found here, the most notable being the bones of the dwarf elephant that roamed on the island of Naxos about 70,000 years ago. The museum though small is extremely impressive and is easily one of the most interesting ones in Naxos.
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