"Crystal Cave, near Joplin, Jasper county, has its entire surface lined with calcite crystals and scalenohedron formations, from 1 to 2 ft. in length."
"The largest vug known, Crystal Cave, lies under 4th Street and Gray Avenue in Joplin. It measures from 10-25 feet high, 20-40 feet wide, and about 225 feet long and is lined with scalenohedral and barrel calcite crystals to nearly 35 cm long. It was operated as a tourist cave for many years."
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References
Publications of the Field Columbian Museum Geological Series Vol 1 1895-1902 pp 232-241
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