The growing stones of Romania

South of central Romania these stone formations with alien features lie dormant, until it begins to rain. As soon as the last drops of water fall, they resume their process of multiplication. Small oval or round blain-like forms appear on the upper crusts of the previous year stones. People are left astounded and locals are surprised, when after a heavy rainfall these rock formations begin to ‘grow’ on their own.

It is difficult to image that stones can really grow, but these stones seem to be alive! The Romanian Trovants Museum Natural Reserve is located in Valcea County, close to the road connecting Ramnicu Valcea and Targu Jiu, 8 km far from Horezu.

Here in a small village named Costesti, there are some fascinating and mysterious stones, called trovants, which are believed to have a life in them. Trovant is a geological term used often in Romania. It means cemented sand.

Trovants are geological phenomena which consist in spherical shapes of cemented sand, appeared due to some powerful seismic activity.
The earthquakes that led to the creation of the first trovants are supposed to have taken place 6 million years ago.

What makes these trovants unique and mysterious is that are reproducing after coming in contact with water.

After heavy raining the stones grow starting with 6-8 millimetres and ending with 6-10 meters.

One of the strangest aspects about these stones is that although they vary in size, from a couple of millimeters to even 10 m, they are very similar, taking into account a natural law that states there are no such things as identical stones.

In addition, just like the famous rocks in Death Valley, California, the trovants often move from one place to another place.

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