THE DISCOVERY AND SURVEY OF TOOTH FAIRY CAVE
October 03, 2020
hanging from a cliff, I look down and notice what I saw from below. A grassy landing of sorts with a sloping lip that led to a vertical fall of hundreds of feet.
As I bent around the corner, my anticipation to see the inside of this cave sky rocketed. It was everything, that any cave explorer would want to see; new passage, walking passage, no sign of previous visitation, and a gaping hole as far as I can see.
My light at full capacity disappear into the darkness and I look up and see the floor going up and a room starting to open in size!
Slightly let down but curious, I look around in the room and start to notice some un-usual shapes and geology.
The walls have tiny triangular shapes on them that extend to the ceiling and near the top of the ceiling, I can see some large triangular shaped forms, circular like formations, and a lot of popcorn. The ceiling was also covered in these formations.
Upon closer look, they appeared to be what I have seen in Lech and in a cave called death angel cave in the Egan's range.
Dogtooth Spar crystals, and a lot of them!! they appeared to cover the walls and ceiling!!
Some of these spar crystals higher up appeared to be almost a foot in length!
Some others appeared to grow over mammillary and popcorn formations. I could not believe how this cave looked and it felt like we literally walked into a geode. This is quite possibly one of the shortest largest most decorated caves that I have ever found. I am so grateful for the team that I had to help and this would not have been possible with out the tireless efforts of the team and their resolve.
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