Damn, these should REALLY help out your chakras.

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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/photogalleries/giant-crystals-cave/

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1. I just showed these to my bf Friday! We were caving most of last week.

I can't imagine being the first to discover something like that.

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2. Caving? Cool - I haven't been in a cave since I was a kid.

I was reminded of this crystal discovery this weekend when I saw a bunch of crystals for sale at an art gallery.\
Maybe if I had purchased a couple I would be more focused and get more work done. Instead, I'm posting online. :eyes:

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3. We just started last year.

I get an adrenaline rush since I'm claustrophobic.

I'll post some pics if anyone's interested.

By the way, how much were those crystals?

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4. Yeah post some pics

I went spelunking once before I discovered thats not a good hobby if you have a fear of heights..I still have nightmares about almost slipping off a ledge in that cave....:scared:

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5. Okey doke,

be back in a bit!

Re: fear of heights, my dad asked me why I cave when I have claustrophobia, I told him that's what makes it so appealing, it takes a lot to get my adrenaline pumping these days.

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6. Ready?:

Albino crayfish with no eyes:


Not crystal, but pretty anyway:


Stalagmites/tites are continuously forming:


For some reason, this reminds me of the Phantom of the Opera:


More sparkly stuff:


A sleepy bat:


Another Phantom of the Opera-like passage:


Wicked cool formations on the ceiling:


A pit in one of the caves, check out the honeycomb formations on the walls:


You can just make out the pool of crystal clear water at the bottom of this cavern:


No words for this, maybe just wow:



I was so mesmerized that I forgot about my phobia much of the time.

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8. Great photos

I may have to give spelunking a try some day.

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9. Thanks!

Nobody calls it SPELUNKING anymore though, REAL adventurers now call it CAVING.
I made the same mistake and was treated like the village idiot. :)

We have a very limited budget and this is something we can do on weekends and all year long since the temperature in most of the caves remains constant. Those cumbersome headlamps that used to gave us headaches and never lasted longer than a few hours have gone high tech and are a requirement. We found this out the hard way, of course, our lantern ran out of fuel when we were deep underground in a cave full of spiders.

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11. That must have sucked

I can't imagine running out of lantern fuel or batteries in a cave.With spiders.

I know a few cavers and they all love the new LED headlamps.Nothing like lights that take months to wear down the batteries.

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12. We use ours all the time at home too.

Whenever the lights go out, working on our cars and all kinds of diy projects, checking each other for ticks (just getting over Lyme Disease here), even looking for stuff in closets or trying to find that lost shoe under the bed.

I once used mine to help me remove a piece of metal lodged in my cat's mouth. So much for the myth that cats are smarter than dogs and won't try to eat anything they find on the floor.

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7. They had a variety of prices starting from about 20 bucks.

But I think they were being marketed more as objet d'art and not for their healing properties. They also had some big trilobite fossils and geodes etc.

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10. I love natural gemstones.

More so before they're cut. Not everything has to have magic powers to be admired.

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13. Here is some pricing info on quartz

http://shop.bluemooncrystals.com/category.aspx?categoryid=26

Or google Mt. Ida, Arkansas+crystals

All of the prices at this site are about twice you would have to pay in Mt. Ida. I have bought points and clusters there for $3.00 to $7.00 per pound. The really fancy ones are $10.00 per pound, but I can't afford that.

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14. Some of those pieces are incredibly beautiful.

A wonderful piece of labradorite from Madagascar that has been hand polished on one side to show off the green/gold color flash. The rough side also shows a lot of flash.

A beautiful piece of dendrite from Solnhofen, Germany. These wonderful and natural plant like designs were caused by manganese crystals forming in limestone over 140 million years ago.

An absolutely fantastic amethyst flower cluster from Brazil.