Lusters' Welcome Earthcache (PA) EarthCache
Lusters' Welcome Earthcache (PA)
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As an earthcache, there is no “box” or “container” to discover. Rather, with this cache, you discover something about the geology of the area. For more info, consult www.earthcache.org
This earthcache is fully handicap accessible.
This earthcache is only accessible from NORTHBOUND I-81 at the Welcome Center OR by getting off Exit three “Molly Pitcher Parkway” (Hwy 11) exit and then traveling south on Hwy 11. If you take the later route there is an open path through the fence directly behind the rest area, about 400 feet from the cords. However, this later route is NOT handicap accessible.
Logging Requirements:
Send the answers to #1-#3 to me through my geocaching profile. DO NOT post the answers to any logging requirements on this site.
1.List the name “GC2DE9A Luster's Welcome Earthcache” in the first line of your email. Also, list the number of people in your group.
2.Based on the descriptions of luster (below) which type of luster do you see in the largest boulder in front of you (white bands of mineral WITHIN base rock)? How WIDE is this mineral band in inches or centimeters?
3.How big is the boulder (length, width, height)?
4. Post a picture of yourself and/or your GPS with your log with the welcome center building behind you. OR tell me what man made concrete object is within 20' of the earthcache. DO NOT show any of the pertinent information please!
I will only respond if you have incomplete logging requirements. Go ahead and log your cache
Congrads to orangeblssm1976 for FTF (First to Finish logging requirements)
Geology:
Luster:
This is the term used to classify what a mineral looks like in the light. You will need to examine the list below and successfully classify the boulder's "white streak" at your feet to fulfill one of the logging requirements
dull / earthy -- very dull
waxy -- like the surface of a candle
greasy / oily
pearly -- like a pearl, play of colors, light
silky -- has a shiny surface like a piece of silk cloth
glassy / vitreous -- looks like glass quartz, many rock-forming minerals
resinous -- looks like freshly-broken shellac, usually yellow-brown -
adamantine -- high luster, almost brilliant, "diamond-like"
sub-metallic -- silvery or metallic luster
metallic -- very shiny, like processed metals, highly reflective, opaque
History: This Earthcache is located in Pennsylvania about 1.1 miles north of the famous Mason-Dixon line that separates Pennsylvania and Maryland and historically slave colonies/states from free colonies/states. In fact, exit one exits onto Mason-Dixon road which follows this line through this portion of the countryside, ending in the small city park at Stateline.
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