Friday, 16 November 2018
Paarl Rock - second largest granite outcrop in the world
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Paarl Rock. This huge granite rock is formed by three rounded outcrops that make up Paarl Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa. It is the second largest granite outcrop in the world with Yosemite, USA being the largest). Granite is an igneous rock, that is, it formed (and still forms) below the surface of the earth by crystallisation of a molten rock known as magma.
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