Thursday, 24 March 2016

Cave of Crystals

Cave of Crystals

In 2000, two miners drilling an excavation tunnel below Chihuahua, Mexico discovered something truly astonishing. Within this cavern, exposed when the mining company pumped out groundwater, the miners found crystals measuring up to 12 meters (almost 40 feet) long and weighing up to 55 tons. They were 20 times bigger than the largest crystals anyone had seen before. (Source: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/100-wonders-the-cave-of-crystals)

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