Birthing Stones

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Serra da Freita is the only instance in Portugal of a very rare geological phenomenon: birthing stones. The local people give this name because the mother-rock (granite) seems to "give birth" expelling smaller rocks (the biotite nodules).

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Coordinates:   40°51'0"N   8°17'0"W
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