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Chandelier Ballroom
Reaching down from the ceiling like giant talons, the "chandeliers"
of the Chandelier Ballroom are
stalactites of
selenite up to 20 feet
long. These fragile crystals grow when water bearing dissolved
gypsum drips through
cave ceilings and evaporates. Lechuguilla's gypsum chandeliers are
thought to be the world's largest.
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