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Naica's crystal caves hold long-dormant life
BBC ^ | 02/18/2017 | Jonathan Amos

Posted on 02/18/2017 3:01:39 PM PST by BenLurkin

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Scientists have extracted long-dormant microbes from inside the famous giant crystals of the Naica mountain caves in Mexico - and revived them.

The Andromeda Strain

21 posted on 02/18/2017 5:36:47 PM PST by Oatka
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These caves are under a silver mine in Mexico.

The heat is so intense in the caves where the crystals are located, that even with the protective suits on, scientists can only stay in the cave for minutes at a time.

The documentary you mentioned was very interesting. These gigantic crystals are unique.

Can you imagine the first human who found these huge crystals? Unbelievable.

22 posted on 02/18/2017 6:39:53 PM PST by HotHunt
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Note: this topic is from 2/18/2017. Thanks BenLurkin.
Of course, this dunce isn't aware of 99% of what goes on south of the US border:

23 posted on 10/17/2019 4:48:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Awesome.
I remember crawling 1000ft over rimstone dams on my
belly just to see a 6” Gypsum flower in 1963.
I was a lot smaller then.


24 posted on 10/17/2019 4:57:01 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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They’re flooded now.

I’m sorry I never got to visit them.


25 posted on 10/18/2019 9:07:08 AM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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