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Cave of the Crystals or Giant Crystal Cave (Spanish: Cueva de los cristales) is a cave connected to the Naica Mine at a depth of 300 metres (980 ft), in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. It takes the form of a chamber within the limestone host rock of the mine, and is about 109 metres (358 ft) long with a volume of 5,000 to 6,000 cubic metres (180,000 ...
The Pulpí Geode (Spanish: Geoda de Pulpí) is a giant geode found in the Mina Rica mine in Spain near the town of Pulpí (Province of Almería) on December 31st, 1999, [1] [2] by Adrian and Efren Cuesta, two young and intrepid mineralogists from Cantabria. This geode is one of the largest documented geodes in the world to date.
Spain is a country with many caves. The most famous Spanish caves are: Cave of Altamira, in Cantabria, famous for its Upper Paleolithic paintings.; Cuevas del Drach, on Majorca, containing one of the largest subterranean lakes in the world.
Map of Paleolithic cave art sites in the Franco-Cantabrian region.. The Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (Cueva de Altamira y arte rupestre paleolítico del Norte de España) is a grouping of 18 caves of northern Spain, which together represent the apogee of Upper Paleolithic cave art in Europe between 35,000 and 11,000 years ago (Aurignacian, Gravettian, Solutrean ...
The Cave of Altamira (/ ˌ æ l t ə ˈ m ɪər ə / AL-tə-MEER-ə; Spanish: Cueva de Altamira [ˈkweβa ðe altaˈmiɾa]) is a cave complex, located near the historic town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain.
In 1999, a mineralogist group discovered a cave filled with giant selenite (gypsum) crystals in an abandoned silver mine, Mina Rica, near Pulpi, Province of Almeria, Spain. The cavity, which measured 8.0 by 1.8 by 1.7 metres (26.2 ft × 5.9 ft × 5.6 ft), was, at the time, the largest crystal cave ever found.
3.31 Spain. 3.32 Sweden. 3.33 Switzerland. ... Hang Sơn Đoòng's main passage is the largest known cave passage in the world. Afghanistan ... Crystal Cave; Dan yr Ogof;
Cuevas del Drach Martel -Pioneer of cave exploration. The Caves of Drach (modern Catalan spelling: Coves del Drac [ˈkɔβəz ðəl ˈdɾak]; Spanish: Cuevas del Drach; lit. ' Dragon caves ') are four great caves that are located in the island of Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, [1] extending to a depth of 25 m and reaching approximately 4 km in length. [1]