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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 24, 2023 16:11:02 GMT
My cactus friend is currently in China for a couple of weeks and visited this unusual stone museum. They are all originals and none of them are sculptures. Many have been polished.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 24, 2023 16:12:14 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 24, 2023 16:15:18 GMT
This was the sign at the entrance  |
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 24, 2023 17:34:38 GMT
Those stones are definitely museum worthy. It's interesting how everywhere in the world we come across unusual stones and know that it is important to pick them up and keep them if at all possible.
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Post by onlyMark on Mar 24, 2023 18:54:01 GMT
I think the black one with "little flowers" in is my favourite.
Could be a Laura Ashley funeral dress.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 24, 2023 23:52:17 GMT
Laura Ashley funeral dress  good one! The stones are incredible! If they were to offer me one, I'd like the second one down, please, although I'd also be quite happy with that jasper(?) that is seven up from the bottom. |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 25, 2023 19:13:34 GMT
#11 & #14 are my favourites. These are stunning Mick, thank you for sharing.
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Post by questa on Mar 26, 2023 4:13:40 GMT
When I was in China I saw this kind of display and a nearby chap told me that *new mountains are still rising in the mountainous west. *Stones get trapped in their movements and get 'damaged'.*Rivers carry stones thousands of km before the slow shallow water leaves them for people to collect.*the stones now have beautiful shapes and colours.
As he only had rough English and I no Chinese, I think we communicated pretty well.
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Post by lugg on Mar 27, 2023 18:48:21 GMT
The stones are just lovely - I would choose No 1 and No 3 . Are some of them fossils do you know Mick ?
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Post by lugg on Mar 27, 2023 18:49:27 GMT
When I was in China I saw this kind of display and a nearby chap told me that *new mountains are still rising in the mountainous west. *Stones get trapped in their movements and get 'damaged'.*Rivers carry stones thousands of km before the slow shallow water leaves them for people to collect.*the stones now have beautiful shapes and colours. As he only had rough English and I no Chinese, I think we communicated pretty well. Love reading the little snippets about your travels Questa |
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 27, 2023 19:02:59 GMT
The stones are just lovely - I would choose No 1 and No 3 . Are some of them fossils do you know Mick ? Yes they are lugg. |
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Post by nycgirl on Mar 29, 2023 15:58:43 GMT
The 6th one definitely looks like fossilized plant imprints.
They're beautiful, thanks for sharing.
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Post by questa on Mar 31, 2023 21:16:49 GMT
Thank you, Lugg. Secret to local snippets-gathering is to wander around on your own. If you are with another person, move apart. The citizens don't like to interrupt couples (usually) but some of the best info I have received has come from shy or polite onlookers wanting to share their country with me.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 19, 2023 14:00:07 GMT
Those stones are awesome. I love fossils and seeing what has been buried in a rock for millions of years. The nearest thing to this museum display was what I came across in Namibia. Not as large and mostly crystals and quartz rocks.
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Post by mossie on Apr 19, 2023 14:31:02 GMT
Thanks for showing us these stones
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