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Photo Gallery: Giant Crystal Cave Comes to Light

news.nationalgeographic.com — Geologist Juan Manuel Garc ía-Ruiz calls it "the Sistine Chapel of crystals," but Superman could call it home. A sort of south-of-the-border Fortress of Solitude, Mexico's Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) contains some of the world's largest known natural crystals—translucent beams of gypsum as long as 36 feet (11 meters).

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