Knowledge | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
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' would drop from the cliff once every three decades or so.
Scientists are yet to give an official explanation to the phenomenon.
(The picture taken in October, 2016, shows the stone spheres on the 'egg-laying cliff' in China)
(The unusual phenomenon is observed in an area measuring 66 feet long and 20 feet wide on a mountain in the Gulu Zhai village in Guizhou Province, as the picture from 2016 shows)
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.
(The local residents believe that the 'stone eggs' could bring them good luck, so they would collect the rocks and worship them at home. They have reportedly collected over 100 of them)
(The 'eggs' have a diametre between 11.8 inches and 23.6 inches and could weight up to 660 lbs)
(Every 30 years or so, the 'mature eggs' would fall from the cliff and new ones would 'grow')
The spheres have a diametre between 30 and 60 centimetres (11.8 inches and 23.6 inches) and could weight up to 300kg (660 pounds).
A recently video report on QQ.com claimed that every 30 years or so, the 'mature eggs' would fall to the ground.
(The 'stone eggs' have been described to have a dark blue colour and shape like dinasour eggs)
(Geologists have yet to give an official explanation, but many have provided deductions)
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'.
They believed that the objects would bring good luck to their lives and help the newly wed couples have baby boys.
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.
Ref: China's egg producing mountain: A geological mystery (dailymail) Photo Credit-dailymail
