Who would have ever thought Giant Crystals existed?

Holy cow, I have never in my life imagined that anything like these could ever exist! This is awesome!
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Giant Crystal Cave Comes to Light
Pictures of Giant Crystal Cave, Naica, Mexico: Mine

In the new issue of the journal Geology, García-Ruiz reports that for millennia the crystals thrived in the cave’s extremely rare and stable natural environment. Temperatures hovered consistently around a steamy 136 degrees Fahrenheit (58 degrees Celsius), and the cave was filled with mineral-rich water that drove the crystals’ growth.
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Pictures of Giant Crystal Cave, Naica, Mexico: Mine
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December 15, 2007 • Posted in: Uncategorized

One Response to “Who would have ever thought Giant Crystals existed?”

  1. Katie Barnes - December 16th, 2007

    WOW!!!! thats incredible!!! looks kind like steal beams or something. CRAZY!!!

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