But the multiple outcrops and giant columns of translucent selenite — a crystalized version of the mineral Gympsum — have transformed the cave into a science-fiction landscape, as alluring as ...

Findings about the chemical makeup of cave systems can teach us about life in places humans have yet to reach.

Deep below Earth's surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the ...

Astrobiologist Joshua Sebree of the University of Northern Iowa suggests that South Dakota's Wind Cave exhibits chemical ...

The entire cave system is a geological time capsule: Mineral deposits reveal millennia of climate history. Never mind the perilous trip following Larisa to Gothic camp—the aboveground journey to ...

"We started to notice these...small mounds of dirt, and we found, after closer inspection, that it was a very rare mineral for Kartchner Caverns," said Cave Resource Manager, Chelsea Ballard.

Jim White worked for this mining company allowing him to explore the cave further during his breaks and after work. 1922 - The federal government sent a mineral examiner, Robert Holley ...

Inside Wind Cave the scientists found that chemicals fossilised within the rocks shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue, and ...