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#1 OFFLINE   Humpty

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Posted 22 March 2007 - 12:43 PM

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Found deep in a mine in southern Chihuahua Mexico, these crystals were formed in a natural cave totally enclosed in bedrock. When I first stepped into the cavern it was like walking into the Land of the Giants.

I have often admired crystal geodes held in my hand, but when photographing these unique natural structures it was almost impossible to get any sense of scale. This is a geode full of spectacular crystals as tall as pine trees, and in some cases greater in circumference.

They have formed beautiful crystals that are a translucent gold and silver in color, and come in many incredible forms and shapes. Some of the largest are essentially columnar in shape and stand thirty to fifty feet high and three to four feet in diameter. Many of the smaller examples are four to six feet in circumference, have many incredible geometrical shapes, and probably weigh in excess of ten tons
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Posted 22 March 2007 - 12:53 PM

Amazing.....

(goes away Trying hard to find proof of it being an urban legend....)
[comes back finding none :o :blink: :lol: ]

Unless you found something I didn't.

http://news.bbc.co.u...ture/787776.stm
http://message.snope...read.php?t=4142
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