Rattlesnake Earthcache!
Welcome to the Granite State - Igneous-Plutonic Rocks!
Granite is one of the most common igneous rocks. In our area, we
find it lining the roadsides, paving many walkways, along railroad
tracks, in parking lots, in river gravels -- and in graveyards.
(Many headstones are made of red granite.)
How to recognize red granite!
** From a distance, it looks reddish or pink. Up close, you will
also see dark gray and purplish spots.
** You can't scratch granite with a nail or knife. (See more about
the scratch test.)
** Some broken surfaces have flat surfaces that shine in
sunlight.
** Granite is made mostly of the minerals feldspar and quartz.
(Reddish feldspars give this granite its color and break to form
flat surfaces. The quartz crystals may be a semi-clear grayish or
purplish color.)
** Many granites also contain small crystals of mica or darker
minerals.
** Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive,
felsic, igneous rock.
Here are some ways to classify granite (by grouping it with
similar types of rocks):
** Granite is an igneous rock, because it formed as melted rock
cooled and hardened.
** Granite is sometimes classified as an intrusive igneous rock,
because the melted rock cooled slowly, deep inside the Earth.
To get credit for this EC, post a photo of you and your GPSr
like the above example and answer the following questions.
1. The Granite here is infused with a color other than gray.
What is that color and what mineral gave it the color?
2. Granite is an Igneous rock. What makes it that way?
3. There are metal man made objects near ground zero (At least 2)
What are they and what is the elevation of one of them?
If your picture is not ready then wait
until you have a photo. Logs with no photo of the actual cacher
logging the find or failure to answer questions will result in a
log deletion. Email me if you had any difficulties or problems, as
I understand that things can happen we don't expect.
Thanks.
I love it when a cache comes together, Strike
Anywhere.
This is West Rattlesnake and the trail here is most
easy in comparison. Many travel this daily in the summer and it is
a must do for views and lunch!