Anyone like crystals?

[erick]

Then these are for you!

http://www.stormchaser.ca/Caves/Naica/Naica.html

[Liz]

Wow!! That is amazing - those huge crystal structures in a sooooo hot environment :eyepop: .... as they said, certainly like a scene from a scifi movie.
Looks like a home to Superman :)

[renormalised]

Seen crystals that big myself...or what was left of most of them. Out near Cloncurry (about 120km south of the town). Tourmaline crystals with bases ranging from 2 inches to 6 feet wide. The soil was actually black, from crushed crystals. Also, there were big quartz, mica and other crystals there as well.

[starlooker]

That's Superman's Fortress of Solitude (http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1143)!

[renormalised]

Here's something else that's superman related... "Kryptonite" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6584229.stm).

[gts055]

Eric, thats incredible. Hmmm, its says when the mine is no longer profitable the cave will flood as the pumps are removed. I wonder if those crystals will be extracted and turned into "drywall" (plasterboard). Mark

[Kevnool]

Look like a scene in the movie The Core.
Harsh environment.
Cheers Kev.

[renormalised]

Not likely, the government will probably declare them a national monument. It wouldn't surprise me if they decide to keep the pumps going.

[Inmykombi]

Wow....what a spot.
It would be nice to prvent the human influence of errosion in a place like that.
It deserves to be kept "as is".
Having said that, it would be awesome to be there with these giant Crystals.

[stephenb]

They fantastic, thanks Eric. (They would have taken a lot of salt and a bloody big drinking glass to make them!)