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This Mexican Cave Houses the Largest Crystals on Earth

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Where on Earth?
Naica, Mexico
GPS Coordinates:  27°51′N 105°29′W

In 1910, miners working deep underground at the Naica mine in Northern Mexico broke through the rock into an otherworldly place: a previously sealed-off cave like something out of science fiction. Inside, beautiful metre-high clear crystals glistened in their lantern light; a sparkling, surreal world some 120 metres below the surface. But that was just the beginning.

Over the years, the…

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