Javea’s local stone Tosca is a sandstone, resulting from the consolidation of the sea and its plenitude sand dunes (over 2.5 million years ago). The water bulk flow, the winds, and the atmosphere and climate conditions contributed to the consolidation and the cementing of the sand, as a result of the cartilage of calcium chloride, one the main elements of the mountains that form part of Javea´s landscape.