Trovants are some fascinating and mysterious stones called living stones and considered as a unique amazing phenomena in the world in Costesti, Valcea county, Romania.
Recently some trovant-like stones were recognized in southwestern Tunisia in Gafsa and comapred to the romanian trovants.
TROVANTS – the living stones
They are strange, quite bizarre, most of them have spherical or ellipsoidal shapes, or have the shape of 8 figure. They have different sizes from several centimeters to several meters. They are “born” in a sandy hill where the open air of the Trovanti Museum (unique in Europe) is located on a surface of about 1,1 hectares. The name of trovant has Romanian origin from the geologist George Murgoci.
Mohsen Henchiri
Recently some trovant-like stones were recognized in southwestern Tunisia in Gafsa and comapred to the romanian trovants.
They are strange, quite bizarre, most of them have spherical or ellipsoidal shapes, or have the shape of 8 figure. They have different sizes from several centimeters to several meters. They are “born” in a sandy hill where the open air of the Trovanti Museum (unique in Europe) is located on a surface of about 1,1 hectares. The name of trovant has Romanian origin from the geologist George Murgoci.
Mohsen Henchiri