A columnar basalt rock pillar formed six crore years ago from volcanic lava has been discovered during a road construction work at a village in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, a leading geologist has said.
This rare rock formation was found last week at Shibla-Pardi village in Wani-pandharkawada area of the district, he said.
Talking to PTI, environmentalist and geologist Prof Suresh Chopane said, “it is a rare natural rock called columnar basalt formed from the lava of a massive volcanic eruption in Maharashtra that occurred 60 million years ago. The hexagon-shaped pillars were formed due to the shrinking of the lava.”
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