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Did you know the largest Celestite geode ever discovered is on a tiny Ohio Island in Lake Erie?

See celestine crystals up to 3 feet in width!
Discovered by workers in 1897 while digging a well for the winery 40 feet above, Crystal Cave is the world's largest geode. The walls of this cave are covered in strontium sulfate, a blueish mineral called celestite. These crystals range from 8 to 18 inches long. The original cave was much smaller than what appears today, as crystals were harvested and sold for the manufacturing of fireworks.

Owned and operated by Heineman Winery, Crystal Cave helped save the family-run winery from demise during Prohibition. Tours of the cave helped pay the bills, while other wineries on the island closed.

The Heineman Winery was founded in 1888 by Gustav Heineman, an immigrant from Baden, Germany, the grape growing region of that country. The Lake Erie Islands were already noted for quality grapes as a result of ideal soil conditions and the long growing season because of the tempering effect of Lake Erie.

By 1900, Heineman's was one of 17 wineries on Put-in-Bay. The passage of the Volstead Act creating the Prohibition of Alcohol in 1919 was catastrophic to the Island's grape and wine industry. Most of the wineries failed and the vineyards fell into disrepair. Heineman's survived under Gustav's son, Norman, by selling unfermented grape juice and providing taxi cab service to and tours of the Winery's caves.

Crystal Cave is home to the world’s largest geode. Take a tour of the cave nearly 40 feet below ground, and surround yourself with the brilliant history of this stunning site. Located beneath Heineman's Winery, you can travel through the pale blue crystals formed as long as 15,000 years ago, and discover the fascinating tales of the cave. In fact, it was accidentally uncovered when winery workers were digging a well. Talk about finding a hidden gem!

While visiting Crystal Cave, it should go without saying that you should explore Heineman’s Winery. The winery is the oldest family-operated winery in the state of Ohio, established in 1888, over five generations. That’s more than 125 years to perfect their signature grape juice and popular wines.

There's a population story that during Prohibition Heineman's sold Grape Juice with instructions for how NOT to turn it into wine at home. We all know those instructions may have said "don't do this or you'll get wine" but that's what everyone was doing lol. 😉

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