Elba Definition

Elba Sentence Examples

• The oldest rocks of Elba consist of schist and serpentine which in the eastern part of the island are overlaid by beds containing Silurian and Devonian fossils.

• The most remarkable feature in the geology of Elba is the extent of the granitic and ophiolitic eruptions of the Tertiary period.

• The celebrated iron ore of Elba is of Tertiary age and occurs indifferently in all the older rocks.

• Elba was famous for its mines in early times, and the smelting furnaces gave it its Greek name of A' OaNia ("soot island").

• In 453 B.C. Elba was devastated by a Syracusan squadron.