Easter+Island

Easter Island

The Moai

The native islanders who carved them used only stone hand chisels, they were made out of mostly basalt (sedimentary) which erupted out of Rano Raraku and Puna Pau (volcanos).

Types of rocks they used to make the Moai
 * Basalt for the body
 * Obsidian was used for the eyes
 * Red scoria from Puna Pau, a very light red stone used for the hats.
 * Tuff from Rano Raraku was used for some of the body



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