Living Stones, which grow and multiply Amazing gems can be found far away from cities in central and southern Romania. Trovanty - so call them local residents. It turns out that these stones can not only grow, but, much to the surprise, to reproduce.
In general, these stones are deprived of sharp chips, they are round or streamlined. In these areas, so many different boulders from which not much different these unique stones trovanty. However, after the rain to come trovantami improbable events: they are growing like mushrooms, growing in size. For example, a small trovant, which weighs only a few grams, can eventually grow to giant size and potyazhelet more than a ton. The older the rock, the slower it grows. Young rocks grow faster. The main component of the growing stones trovantov - a sandstone. According to its internal structure, they also look unusual: if a stone sawing in half, then cut that looks like a cut down a tree, we can consider several so-called age-rings, centered around a small solid core. But, however, geologists have been slow to attribute to the category trovanty unexplained phenomena in science, despite their amazing origin. Scientists came to the conclusion that increasing the stones, though unusual, but its nature can be easily explained. Geologists believe that trovanty - it's just a long process of cementation of sand that are taking place for millions of years in the bowels of the earth. And with the help of strong seismic activity such stones are on the surface. Scientists have found and explain the growth trovantov: stones increase in size due to high content of various mineral salts, which are under their shell. When the surface becomes wet, these chemicals are beginning to expand and put pressure on the sand, making the stone "grows". Reproduction by budding However, there is a trovantov a feature that geologists can not explain. Living Stones, in addition to that increase, more and are able to reproduce. Here's how: after the surface of the stone gets wet, it appears to a small bulge. Over time it grows, when the weight of the new stone becomes large enough, it breaks off from the mother. The structure of a new trovantov is the same as that of other, older rocks. Inside the nucleus is also present, what is the main mystery for scientists. If the growth of a stone somehow be explained from a scientific point of view, the process of dividing the hard core defies any logic. In general, the process of reproduction trovantov like budding, why some experts think seriously on the issue, not whether they are hitherto unknown form of inorganic life. Local residents have more than one hundred years, are aware of the unusual properties of trovantov, but special attention they do not pay. Before increasing the stones used as building materials. Trovanty can often be seen on the Romanian cemeteries, large stones set in as the tombstones because of their unusual appearance. Recognized for some trovantami and another fantastic ability. Like the famous crawling rocks of Death Valley Preserve in California, they often move from place to place. The open air museum Today trovanty - this is one of the attractions of central Romania, to take a look at that attracts tourists from all over the world. In turn, savvy Romanians are made of small trovantov gifts and decorations, and so each guest can bring a piece of stone from the trip of a miracle. Many owners of stone souvenirs argue that commemorative products trovantov, namoknuv begin to grow, and they sometimes even willfully move about the house that produces enough eerie impression. The largest cluster of stones fixed in the growing Romanian County (area) Valcea. On its territory there are trovanty all shapes, sizes and colors. Due to the great interest of tourists in 2006 in the village authorities vylchinskimi Costesti was established only in the whole country trovantov museum under the open sky. Its area is 1.1 hectares. The museum contains the most unusual sight for the rising rocks from the neighborhood. Those who wish for a small fee to get acquainted with the exposition and buy small samples as souvenirs. |