Mexico's Cave of Giant Crystals

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The Naica Mine of Chihuahua, Mexico, is a working mine that is known for its extraordinary crystals. Naica is a lead, zinc and silver mine in which large voids have been found, containing crystals of selenite (gypsum) as large as 4 feet in diameter and 50 feet long. The chamber holding these crystals is known as the Crystal Cave of Giants, and is approximately 1000 feet down in the limestone host rock of the mine.

The crystals were formed by hydrothermal fluids emanating from the magma chambers below. The cavern was discovered while the miners were drilling through the Naica fault, which they were worried would flood the mine. The Cave of Swords is another chamber in the Naica Mine, containing similar large crystals.

The Naica mine was first discovered by early prospectors in 1794 south of Chihuahua City. They struck a vein of silver at the base of a range of hills called Naica by the Tarahumara Indians. The origin in the Tarahumara language seems to mean "a shady place".

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Geologists report that these natural crystal formations are incredibly complex, yet so simple. They have a magical or metaphysical personality independent of their chemical structures. There is a magma chamber two to three miles below the mountain and that heat from this compressed lava travels through the faults up into the area of the mine. Super heated fluids carry the minerals the miners are seeking as well as form the crystals. The mine is ventilated; otherwise, it could not be worked. Some parts, however, are not air-conditioned, such as the Cave of the Crystals, and there you feel the heat from the magma deep below. The fluids travel along the Naica fault, enter voids in the bedrock, and then form entirely natural structures that are not easily explained scientifically.

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Wow! This is awesome. Beautiful crystals.

Is there a wsy to buy cheap quartz crystals?

Beautiful!!!

Wow, so beautiful. Never heard of it before.

Awesome thread.

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yup!! five stars!

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not exactly.

part of the info has been posted years ago. and I gave a hat tip to one with a video i hadn't seen yet.

so you already knew about all this, eh??

tell us what you have contributed lately.

Is this why Aliens are so attracted to Mexico?

FANTASTIC!!!


THANK YOU!!!

I'd love to be mining that! Surprised the Mexicans aren't.

Thats supermans house bro

Mexico eh? WHHHHHYYYYYYYY! !!! Maybe it all could be dug-up and moved north across the border so it’s not ruined...

Didn’t the water go out of the caves and the crystals quit growing? Thought I read that sometime back.

Aren’t there a few more of these type crystal structures around the world?
Arkansas is a cool place for gem/rock people. Pulaski County Arkansas was settled in like 1512? Or something like that by a red headed Welshman .sets on old volcanic activity.

Thanks, I found a crystal of my moms todat. Large clear Superman kinda looking. Aren’t synchronicities of life are great!

Awesome thread.

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