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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]
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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]
Caves were associated with both life and death; when something emerged from the underworld, it was then alive, and when something descended into the underworld, it died. Caves were also seen as birthplaces where humans and their ancestors were born and lived. The Maya of the Yucatan also believed that the sun and moon were born in the ...
Nombre de Dios Grottoes (Spanish: Grutas de Nombre de Dios) is a cave system in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.The main entrance of the cavern is located in the middle of the Cerro del Caballo of the Sierra de Nombre de Dios, approximately 200 m (660 ft)) from the Sacramento River, northeast of the state capital Chihuahua City.
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