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Wind Cave Room - Crown Jewels
 
The Crown Jewels in a large quartz geode
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
The Crown Jewels in a large quartz geode
 

John Scheltens and Dave Springhetti found this area of Wind Cave on December 29, 1979.  The Crown Jewels is a huge quartz geode found in this room which has finger-like projections with manganese interiors. The beautiful crystals resemble jewels. Also known as the Ice Storm.

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Wind Cave is one of the longest caves in the world and has an amazing amount of a rare cave formation called boxwork.
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Last Updated: August 11, 2007 at 17:15 MST