This Oklahoma Salt Flat Lets Visitors Dig for Hourglass-Shaped Crystals Left Behind by a Prehistoric Ocean
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This Oklahoma Salt Flat Lets Visitors Dig for Hourglass-Shaped Crystals Left Behind by a Prehistoric Ocean

Deep in northwestern Oklahoma, there is a place that looks like it belongs on another planet. A vast, white salt flat stretches across the land, and underneath its crusty surface hides something truly remarkable: hourglass-shaped selenite crystals formed millions of years ago when an ancient ocean covered this part of North America. Visitors get to […]

By Samuel Cole

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