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Mexico's Giant Crystal Cave Is Beautiful But Deadly. Discovered by chance, the Cave of Crystals in Naica features enormous crystal formation
Mexico's Giant Crystal Cave Is Beautiful But Deadly. Discovered by chance, the Cave of Crystals in Naica features enormous crystal formations in conditions so extreme they can be lethal, though the cave itself isn't literally large enough to drive a car through.
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The Giant Crystal Cave of Naica
The Cave of the Crystals was discovered in 2000 by miners in the Naica Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico, about 300 meters underground. Inside, they found huge selenite crystals formed in hot, mineral-rich water over thousands of years. After mining ended, the cave was reflooded to protect the crystals from air and temperature changes, and it remains closed to the public.
caverna de cristais, naica, chihuahua, méxico, por volta de 2008. foto de carsten peter.
Scientists have extracted long-dormant microbes from inside the famous giant crystals of the Naica mountain caves in Mexico - and revived them. The organisms were likely to have been encased in the striking shafts of gypsum at least 10,000 years ago, and possibly up to 50,000 years ago.
It's another example of life being able to adapt and cope in the worst environments. They're extremophiles -- microbes that can thrive in seemingly impossible conditions.
above: stunning formations of Lake Cave in Australia, which has nothing to do with Crystal Cave. They're just cool.
The environment is hot (40-60C), humid and acidic. With no light at the bottom, lifeforms have to use chemosynthesis to survive. That is, they must get the energy needed to sustain themselves by sucking rock juice from the minerals around them.
Using sterile tools, Dr Boston and colleagues opened these inclusions and sampled their contents.
Not only did they detect the presence of bacteria and archaea, but they were able to re-animate these organisms in the lab.
Scientists have previously claimed to revive bugs thought to have been dormant for many millions of years, trapped inside salt or ice crystals.
Many scientists suspect that if life does exist elsewhere in the Solar System, it is most likely to be underground chemosynthesizing, like the microbes of Naica.
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The Cave of the Crystals is a cave in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico that holds the world's largest selenite crystal formations. Selenite is a type of gypsum composed of calcium sulfate and water molecules. The cave was found by the Industrias Peñoles mining company in 2000.
‘Cave of Crystals’ in Naica, Mexico
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