Cave of the Crystals

Cave of the Crystals or Giant Crystal Cave is a connected to the at a depth of 300 metres, in , , . It takes the form of a chamber within the limestone host rock of the mine, and is about 109 metres long with a volume of 5,000 to 6,000 cubic metres, and an estimated mass of 12 tonnes.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Naica Mine.

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The of the Mexican state of , is a lead, zinc and silver mine. Located in in the municipality of Saucillo, the is owned by Industrias Peñoles, the world's largest silver producer. Caverns discovered during mining operations contain gigantic crystals of CaSO4 · 2 H2O. is situated 580 metres northeast of Cave of the Crystals.

Cave of the Crystals

Latitude
27.84533° or 27° 50′ 43″ north
Longitude
-105.5072° or 105° 30′ 26″ west
Open location code
75VPRFWV+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4239277299
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Wiki­data ID
Q1190524
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Cave of the Crystals” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كهف البلورات”
  • Armenian: “Բյուրեղների քարանձավ”
  • Basque: “Naicako haitzuloa”
  • Bulgarian: “Кристална пещера”
  • Catalan: “cova dels cristalls gegants”
  • Catalan: “Cova dels Cristalls”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەشکەوتی کریستاڵ”
  • Chinese: “奈卡水晶洞”
  • Chinese: “水晶洞”
  • Croatian: “Kristalna pećina u Meksiku”
  • Czech: “Jeskyně krystalů”
  • Danish: “Cueva de los cristales”
  • Danish: “Krystalhulen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف البلورات”
  • Estonian: “Kristallkoobas”
  • Finnish: “Kristalliluola”
  • French: “grotte des Cristaux”
  • French: “Grotte des Cristaux”
  • German: “Höhle der Kristalle”
  • Hausa: “Kogon Lu’ulu’u”
  • Hebrew: “מערת הקריסטלים”
  • Indonesian: “Gua Kristal Raksasa”
  • Italian: “grotta dei Cristalli”
  • Japanese: “クリスタルの洞窟”
  • Japanese: “クリスタル洞窟”
  • Japanese: “巨大結晶の洞窟”
  • Korean: “크리스탈 동굴”
  • Lithuanian: “Kristalų urvas”
  • Persian: “غار بلور”
  • Polish: “Jaskinia Mieczy”
  • Polish: “Kryształowa Jaskinia w Naica”
  • Portuguese: “Caverna dos Cristais”
  • Russian: “Пещера кристаллов”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de los cristales”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de los Cristales”
  • Swedish: “Kristallgrottan”
  • Talysh: “Kristalon koc”
  • Tamil: “பளிங்குகளின் குகை”
  • Turkish: “Kristallerin Mağarası”
  • Ukrainian: “Печера кристалів”
  • Ukrainian: “печера найка”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lungib han mga Kristal”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Naica - Cave of the Crystals and Sola.

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