Cueva de los Cristales

Posted by onelargeprawn in Science & Tech on August 2, 2007 at 11:37 am


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The Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) was once buried a thousand feet below Naica mountain in the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexio. It was discovered by two miners when excavating a new tunnel for the Industrias Peñoles company back in 2000.

The cave is a purely natural formation consisting of enormous beams of translucent gypsum. Some of the beams are as long as 36 feet and weigh up to 55 tons!

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10 comments to "Cueva de los Cristales"

  1. Paul
    August 2nd, 2007 at 3:31 pm

    Wow. Must have been hell to move.

  2. Nora
    August 2nd, 2007 at 7:22 pm

    Omg... they found the sanctum. Superman is going to be pissed.

  3. z
    August 2nd, 2007 at 9:06 pm

    this looks so fake

  4. Ali S.
    August 2nd, 2007 at 10:34 pm

    Cool! I wonder how neat it would be to shoot a laser in there and see it bounce everywhere. Remember...where eye protection! ;)

  5. Alex
    August 2nd, 2007 at 11:14 pm

    See also: Crystal Cave of Giants, previously on Neatorama.

  6. Don Carl
    August 2nd, 2007 at 11:49 pm

    Damn that is cool!

  7. Ali S.
    August 3rd, 2007 at 1:19 am

    D'oh. I just reread what I wrote. I meant --> wear! :P

  8. Paul
    August 3rd, 2007 at 5:30 pm

    Where is it buried now?

  9. john
    August 7th, 2007 at 3:35 pm

    Doesn't this look a teenieweenie bit fake? I'll believe it when I see more photos. not just the one with the guy way way way in the background...

    Fantastic if it's true though

  10. john
    August 7th, 2007 at 3:37 pm

    Ah, seen some more pics. WOW. ( internet does make one a bit suspicious from time to time...)


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