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Cave of the Crystals or Giant Crystal Cave (Spanish: Cueva de los cristales) is a cave connected to the Naica Mine at a depth of 300 metres (980 ft), in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. It takes the form of a chamber within the limestone host rock of the mine, and is about 109 metres (358 ft) long with a volume of 5,000 to 6,000 cubic metres (180,000 ...
Location of the Swords and Crystal caves with the gypsum crystals within the conceptual block diagram of Naica mine. The Cave of the Crystals is a cave approximately 300 m (1,000 ft) below the surface in the limestone host rock of the mine, about 109-metre (358 ft) long, with a volume of 5,000 to 6,000 cubic metres (180,000 to 210,000 cu ft). [7]
Cacahuamilpa Cave (Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park, Guerrero) Chevé Cave ; Chiquihuitillos (Nuevo León) Grutas de García (Nuevo León) Naica Crystal Caves , largest gypsum crystals in the world; Sistema Dos Ojos (Quintana Roo), underwater cave system; Sistema Huautla (Oaxaca), deepest cave in the western hemisphere (as of 2013) [2]
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At 150.4 miles (242.0 km), Lechuguilla Cave is the eighth-longest explored cave in the world [1] and the second deepest (1,604 feet or 489 meters) in the continental United States. [2] It is most famous for its unusual geology , rare formations , and pristine condition.
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In 1999, a mineralogist group discovered a cave filled with giant selenite (gypsum) crystals in an abandoned silver mine, Mina Rica, near Pulpi, Province of Almeria, Spain. The cavity, which measured 8.0 by 1.8 by 1.7 metres (26.2 ft × 5.9 ft × 5.6 ft), was, at the time, the largest crystal cave ever found.
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