Recently, in a sinkhole around Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, geological surveyors found many naturally occurring? Stone Lanterns? , that is, after nature's ghostly work, the natural formation of stone ? Soup dumplings? These stone cave beads a rounded very lovely, and the number is extremely large, the size is also similar to the dumplings we eat, the appearance of smooth and moist, there is a certain ornamental value, just its material for calcium carbonate sediments, can only be a rare and rare natural products to appreciate and protect.

It is unexpected that just after the Lantern Festival soon, geological surveyors have discovered this natural magical stone dumplings, when it is really congratulatory. The discovery of stone dumplings was very unexpected, the investigators inadvertently found a large number of stone material cave beads in the limestone caves at the bottom of a sinkhole. A closer look at these stone beads, found that there are large and small, there are white and yellowish, but the overall and we eat dumplings are similar, do not pay attention to a glance will think it is dumplings. According to the investigator's explanation, this kind of stone dumplings are usually formed in limestone caves in shallow puddles, the material is concentric structure of calcium carbonate sediments, rounded spherical. Due to the continuous flow of water in the cave, driven by the shallow pit of calcium carbonate sediments rolling friction, and eventually formed the size of this smooth calcium carbonate ball.

These naturally occurring stone lanterns are so much like real lanterns that if you put a few real lanterns into them, I'm afraid it's really hard to find them, and you can only marvel at nature's wonders and abilities. If we are in the wild adventure process, also accidentally found in the cave with this kind of stone beads, it is best to try not to destroy, and do not take away at will, but should protect this rare geological wonders, so that our later also have the opportunity to appreciate.

No coincidence, the discovery of this stone Lantern is not the first time, as early as in the period of the North and South Dynasties has been recorded in this cave stone beads, when people called ? stone marbles? And Li Daoyuan also once said in the "water Jingji": Li water to the south of the confluence of Marble Creek, Marble Creek water from the Marble Hill. Marble Mountain has springs gushing out, rushing down, the foot of the mountain low terrain and the stream, there are many stones like marbles, naturally forming a rounded bead form, its shape is the shape of a marble, so the mountain is known as the marble mountain, the stream flowing down the mountain is also known as the marble brook. It can be seen in ancient times, there have been people have discovered the existence of this kind of stone beads in nature, just left little records, which also proves the rarity of this kind of stone Lantern from the side.