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Inside the Cueva de los Cristales of Chihuahua

submitted by gluonium

1 decade 6 years 10 months ago

The Cueva de los Cristales is home to the largest natural mineral crystals ever found. The crystals are made of gypsum (hydrated CaSO4) that precipitated out of groundwater over hundreds of thousands of years. The temperature inside the cave is 60C and the humidity is 100%. A miner trying to steal some of the crystals passed out, and was found thoroughly baked some time later.

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Eden

I have very unpleasant memories of Chihuahua - I caught Typhoid there.

Why is it so hot?

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MarineGunrock

For more info:
http://www.canyonsworldwide.org/crystals/mainframe3.html
and here
http://www.naica.com.mx/ingles/index.htm

It's hot because of the magma chambers below it. That's how they were formed to begin with.

Awesome post, btw. I didn't know there were any videos of it.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'hot, geology, cave, exploration, earth' to 'hot, geology, cave, exploration, earth, crystals' - edited by MarineGunrock

Cave of Crystals | 100 Wonders | Atlas Obscura has been added as a related post - related requested by newtboy on that post.

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