Trovants – the Growing Stone of Romania

You might have raised an eyebrow after reading the title, but nature is happy to confirm this fact and guarantees to give you the weirdest things in life as always. Trovants are extraordinary rocks that grow and multiply and you can witness these rocks in Costesti, Romania.

These rocks are composed mainly by a hard stone core and the rest is made up of sand which forms around the core as its shell. After every heavy rain shower, Trovants absorb the rain’s minerals. The minerals are combined with the chemicals already present in the stone that later creates a reaction and pressure inside. The pressure spontaneously makes the rock grow from the center to its margins and multiply, with a deposition rate of about 4-5 cm in 1000 years. You can see these formations grow from a few millimeters, or to as large as 10 meters.

Trovants aren’t only strange due to their structure and ability to grow and multiply. They can also move from one place to another. Other than that, they also have root-like extensions and age rings visible when you cut the stone, but scientists have yet to find out an explanation to these unique features. These rocks came into existence because of the earthquakes which occurred six million years ago.

So, how about experiencing it first hand at Romania?