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The Naica Mine of Chihuahua, Mexico, is a working mine that is known for its extraordinary crystals. Naica is a lead, zinc and silver mine in which large voids have been found, containing crystals of selenite (gypsum) as large as 4 feet in diameter and 50 feet long. The chamber holding...
The Cave of Giant Crystals in the Naica mine (Mexico) is one of the most amazing displays of mineral beauty ever created in nature. In addition to the colossal crystals of gypsum, which in some cases exceed eleven meters in length and one meter in thickness, the scenery fashioned by the ...
机译:来自“La Cueva de Las Espadas”(剑洞穴),Naica,墨西哥的巨型石膏晶体的表面杂质 摘要 The Cave of Swords was discovered in 1910 at Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. During the last century, human presence has changed the microclimate conditions inside this cave, raising the question of whether anthro...
Floating in pockets of fluid, the microbes are likely new to science and may be up to 50,000 years old, a NASA researcher says.