Today's Travel Destination: The Cave of the Crystals, Naica Mine
Chihuahua, Mexico
Fun Facts:
Best known for its extraordinary selenite crystals, the Naica mine is still operational and mined for lead, silver and zinc.
The crystals are some of the largest natural crystals ever discovered, reaching four feet in diameter and 50 feet in length.
The magma within the cave where the crystals are located makes it unbearably hot and humid, so the cave remains largely untouched.
FASCINATING FACT: Despite the Naica Mine having been worked for centuries, the Cave of the Crystals remained undiscovered until the year 2000, when two miners pursuing traces of silver broke into the extensive subterranean chamber.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.If it is so hot inside, do photographers wear air conditioning suits and cameras??
Larry68Feminist
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Apr 3, 2020
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Ive seen pictures of this place. It looks quite amazing. I just wondered how I could carry them off ! lol
AmmaRE007
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Mar 31, 2020
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Ummm, looks to me like if you move one, they all come crashing down......
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