A mountain in China reportedly drops ‘stone eggs’ once every 30 years. Local residents collect the spheres to worship and pray to for good luck.
A mountain in China reportedly drops ‘stone eggs’ once every 30 years. Local residents collect the spheres to worship and pray to for good luck.
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A rural and small Chinese village has been in the media spotlight because of a mysterious cliff face that is said to lay ‘eggs’.
The so-called ‘egg-laying cliff’, situated in south-east China, regularly produces large round rocks as heavy as 660 pounds, according to the locals.
It’s said that the ‘stone eggs’ drop from the cliff once every three decades or so. Scientists are yet to give an official explanation for the phenomenon.
The picture shows the stone spheres on the ‘egg-laying cliff’ in China Photo: Daily Mail
Every 30 years or so, the ‘mature eggs’ would fall from the cliff and new ones would ‘grow’ Photo: Daily Mail
The unusual mountain is located in the Guizhou Province in the Gulu Zhai village, where the minority Shui People have lived for about 1,000 years.
According to a previous report on DW News, the ‘egg-laying cliff’, or ‘chan dan ya’ in Chinese, is an area measuring 20 metres long (66 feet) and six metres wide (20 feet) on an unnamed mountain in the village.
‘Stone eggs’ would reportedly grow from the cliff face and eventually drop to the ground.
The ‘eggs’ have a diametre between 11.8 inches and 23.6 inches and could weight up to 660 lbs Photo: Daily Mail
The local residents believe that the ‘stone eggs’ bring them good luck, so they collect the rocks and worship them at home. They have reportedly collected over 100 of them Photo: Odditycentral.com
The spheres have a diametre between 30 and 60 centimetres (11.8 inches and 23.6 inches) and weight up to 300kg (660 pounds). These rock spheres are thought to be lucky by the residents, who would pick them up and worship them at home.
The report said the ‘stone eggs’ appeared dark blue in colour and look like dinasour eggs. The video said when the journalists arrived, some of the eggs had just ‘started to grow’ while others seemed to be ready to drop.
There are more than 100 families living in the village and they had reportedly collected more than 100 ‘stone eggs’.
The ‘stone eggs’ have been described to have a dark blue colour and shape like dinasour eggs Photo: Daily Mail
Geologists have yet to give an official explanation, but many have provided deductions Photo: Daily Mail
Some experts said the ‘stone eggs’ were formed in the sea during the Cambrian Period Photo: Daily Mail
Over the years, geologists in China have provided some possible explanations to the cause of the phenomenon. However, none official ones have been announced.
The ‘stone eggs’ were lumps formed by calcium carbonate molecules in the deep sea around 500 million years ago during the Cambrian Period, claimed Dr. Wang Shangyan from the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development of Guizhou.
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