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Ein Königreich aus Kristallen – Die “Cueva de los Cristales” in Naica, Mexico

In den Höhlen von Naica, besser bekannt als die Höhlen der Kristalle,  ist vor kurzem ein weiterer Höhlentrakt gefunden worden in dem sich wirklich gewaltige Kristalle befinden. Und mit gewaltig, meine ich gewaltig!

In 1910, in the Naica Mine of Mexico, the Penoles mining company discovered what came to be known as “Cueva de los Cristales,” or, Cave of Crystals. The cave was a 80 meter hallway filled with gigantic selenite (gypsum) crystals up to two meters in length. Unfortunately the cave, 120 meters underground, was opened for exploration and eventually tourism, destroying many of the crystals.

Ninety years later, two miners working on an excavation tunnel 300 meters below the Earth’s surface discovered another, much larger, cave. Here, the crystals measured up to 12 meters long (over 36 feet) with a single crystal weighing approximately 55 tons. These were the largest crystals that anyone had ever seen in the cave.

Weitere Bilder nach dem Klick.

Giant Crystals of Naica – atlasobscura