(Video) Famous Shajar Stone of Banda at the verge of Extinction

(Video) Famous Shajar Stone of Banda at the verge of Extinction

Shajar is the identity of Banda. Shajar was discovered about 400 years ago in Banda.In English, Shajar is known as Dendrite Augite . It is found exclusively in Banda's Ken River. The specialty of the stone is colorful patterns of leaves, trees, mountains, animals etc. There is a scientific process behind formation of images on Shajar stone. Actually, the patterns we see on Shajar are nothing but entrapped fossils of fungus( basically algae). A fungus, which is entrapped between two or more pieces of Shajar stone, produces either acid or base. This acid/base makes the stones translucent and acts as an inorganic glue which coagulates the separate stones to one. The fossils of fungus left inside the stones look like patterns of leaves or trees and add beauty to the stone.

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