Making Light :: The Naica crystals :: comments http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002486.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Sun, 30 Mar 2003 13:46:58 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.261 The Naica crystals Ray Girvan's reliably interesting Apothecary's Drawer has turned up some astounding photos from the Naica lead and silver mine in... Ray Girvan's reliably interesting Apothecary's Drawer has turned up some astounding photos from the Naica lead and silver mine in... http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002486.html The Naica crystals -- comment #1 from Faren Miller comment from Faren Miller on 21.Mar.03 All I can say is Wow! Those photos are even more exciting than the pack of coyotes I saw trotting by from the window near my computer early this morning (something I'd never seen before).
--Faren Miller, Prescott AZ

]]> <p>Posted March 21, 2003 6:44 PM by Faren Miller</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002486.html#17659 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002486.html#17659 Fri, 21 Mar 2003 18:44:37 -0500 The Naica crystals -- comment #2 from Damien Warman comment from Damien Warman on 22.Mar.03 COOLEST THING EVER

(Also, I like saying "blende". Mmm. Blende.)

]]> <p>Posted March 22, 2003 1:59 AM by Damien Warman</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002486.html#17676 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002486.html#17676 Sat, 22 Mar 2003 01:59:59 -0500 The Naica crystals -- comment #3 from Bruce Arthurs comment from Bruce Arthurs on 23.Mar.03 Here's another link to a text page about the caves:

www.showcaves.com/english/mx/caves/Naica.html

I saw the article in SMITHSONIAN last year, and my initial reaction was, also, "Wow!"

But then my cynicism kicked into high gear:

1) The SMITHSONIAN photos seemed to -only- show huge crystals in the cave. Shouldn't there be younger, smaller crystals growing as well?

2) The photos that included humans in the shots looked like they might be composite creations. Pretty good composites, but still...

and 3) the SMITHSONIAN article was in the -April- 2002 issue. Are the people at SMITHSONIAN above pulling their readers' leg?

Looking at some of the other sites noted here, I'm still not -convinced- that the caves aren't a hoax in the process of turning into a legend, but I'm wondering if I'm not just being too cynical.

(That would be a switch. Usually, I'm not cynical enough.)

]]> <p>Posted March 23, 2003 11:44 AM by Bruce Arthurs</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002486.html#17726 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002486.html#17726 Sun, 23 Mar 2003 11:44:34 -0500 The Naica crystals -- comment #4 from FranW comment from FranW on 23.Mar.03 Wow -- you find the coolest sites! I've passed the URL on to my pet crystallographer, who will surely drool over those pictures.

Happy anniversary!

Fran

]]> <p>Posted March 23, 2003 7:53 PM by FranW</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002486.html#17745 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002486.html#17745 Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:53:56 -0500 The Naica crystals -- comment #5 from James tootle comment from James tootle on 30.Mar.03 WOW! Thanks for passing this along, its amazing.

Jim

]]> <p>Posted March 30, 2003 1:46 PM by James tootle</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002486.html#18091 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002486.html#18091 Sun, 30 Mar 2003 13:46:58 -0500