Bizarre 'living' stones in Romania grow up to 2 inches every 1,000 years
The Mysterious "Living Rocks" of Romania: The bizarre stones of Trovant give "BIRTH" to new stones, growing up to 2 inches every 1,000 years. Romania's deformed stones are naturally formed by geological processes. sand shell Minerals in the rain form a reaction inside that builds pressure and causes them to grow, Jan 15, 2023 | Update: 15:30 GMT, 15 Jan 2023
They look like something from an alien plantation on another planet.
But Romania's "living" rocks known as "trovants" are really from this Earth - and they are naturally formed by geological processes.
Originally as pebbles and growing at about two inches per millennium, trovant stones are unique mineral structures that mimic plant and animal life. mammals.
< p class="mol-para-with-font">The bizarre bulbous stones seem to grow almost the same as plant tissue and they "grow" new stones like an animal.< /p>
They look like something from an alien plantation on another planet.
But Romania's "living" rocks known as "trovants" are really from this Earth - and they are naturally formed by geological processes.
Originally as pebbles and growing at about two inches per millennium, trovant stones are unique mineral structures that mimic plant and animal life. mammals.
< p class="mol-para-with-font">The bizarre bulbous stones seem to grow almost the same as plant tissue and they "grow" new stones like an animal.< /p>
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