Usan Bolortiin Agui

The Gobi


This cave has a funnel-like opening through which you can squeeze into a ger-sized cavern 18m below. One hundred years ago it glowed with quartz crystal, but Chinese miners plundered the bounty in the 1920s. Still, the odd quartz rock may be found glowing amid the rubble. There's also a tiny freshwater spring nearby.


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