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  2. Cave of the Crystals - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Chihuahuan Desert - Wikipedia

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    Its largest, continual expanse is located in Mexico, covering a large portion of the state of Chihuahua, along with portions of Coahuila, north-eastern Durango, the extreme northern part of Zacatecas, and small western portions of Nuevo León. With an area of about 501,896 km 2 (193,783 sq mi), [1] it is the largest hot desert in North America. [2]

  4. List of caves in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Cacahuamilpa Cave (Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park, Guerrero) Chevé Cave ; Chiquihuitillos (Nuevo León) Grutas de García (Nuevo León) Naica Crystal Caves , largest gypsum crystals in the world; Sistema Dos Ojos (Quintana Roo), underwater cave system; Sistema Huautla (Oaxaca), deepest cave in the western hemisphere (as of 2013) [2]

  5. Mexico's cave of giant crystals is ethereal as all get out - AOL

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  6. Cueva de la Olla (archaeological site) - Wikipedia

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    Cueva de la Olla (transl. cave of the pot) is an archaeological site located in the Valle de las Cuevas in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico.It is approximately 47 km southwest of Nuevo Casas Grandes and near the Ignacio Zaragoza Ejido.

  7. La Pintada (archaeological site) - Wikipedia

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    La Pintada is an archaeological site located some 60 kilometers south of the city of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, within the "La Pintada" canyon, part of the "Sierra Libre", a small mountain massif of the coastal plains that extends throughout the Sonoran Desert.

  8. Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park - Wikipedia

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    Both peoples used the caves for ceremonial purposes. [4] The original name of the caves was “Salachi.” The current name, “Cacahuamilpa,” comes from a location near the cave entrance and means “peanut field.” [6] After the Conquest, the existence of the caves was kept hidden from the Spaniards by the indigenous peoples. [2]

  9. Gran Desierto de Altar - Wikipedia

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    It constitutes the largest continuous wilderness area within the Sonoran Desert. The eastern portion of the area contains the volcanic Pinacate Peaks region; together with the western portion, the area forms the El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage Site .