Just south of central Romania is an area that has a number of strange stone formations that actually grow by themselves. Known as Trovants or "growing stones", they start growing after a heavy rainfall. Their core consists of hard stone, but their shells are made up a a sandy material. Scientifically, the stones are sandstone concretions, and their weird growing is achieved by an irregular secretion of cement.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Trovants
Just south of central Romania is an area that has a number of strange stone formations that actually grow by themselves. Known as Trovants or "growing stones", they start growing after a heavy rainfall. Their core consists of hard stone, but their shells are made up a a sandy material. Scientifically, the stones are sandstone concretions, and their weird growing is achieved by an irregular secretion of cement.
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