Nice N Easy #4: Rocks! Traditional Cache

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Wizard of Ooze: As the cache owner has not indicated that they have visited the cache location to replace it if missing, perform needed maintenance, or verify that it is still there within the requested time period, I am regretfully archiving the cache to clear it from the active cache database and open the area to new caching opportunities.

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Hidden : 12/27/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to the fourth in a series of caches that I have been placing in and around the town of Tsawwassen!

This cache, like every other in this series, is meant to be a quick grab and each cache focuses on a certain theme. With this cache the theme is, just as it says in the name, rocks!

Granite, pronounced as "græn?t," is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive igneous rock. Granites tend to usually if you touch them have a medium- to coarse-grained feeling of a texture. Granites can be pink to gray in color but that will depend a lot on their chemistry and mineralogy. When I was last traveling down in Australia and Tasmania most of the Granites that I saw there, outside of the urban areas that is, were indeed red and not the black and white mixture that we see up here on the West Coast.

Granite has been widely used as a dimension stone and as flooring tiles in public and commercial buildings and monuments. Aberdeen in Scotland, which is constructed principally from local granite, is known as "The Granite City". The Granite Railway, America's first ever railroad, was built to haul granite from the quarries in Quincy, Massachusetts, to the Neponset River in the 1820s not even ten years after the world's first ever railway was built in Great Britain. However, with the increasing amounts of acid rain in many parts of the world (including here), granite has begun to supplanted by marble as a material to build new monuments because it is much more durable to the acid rain.

Polished granite is also another extremely popular choice for kitchen counter tops due to its high durability and aesthetic qualities. In building and for counter tops, the term "granite" is often applied to all igneous rocks with large crystals, and not specifically to those with a granitic composition.

There has been a few cahcers who have been asking me if this cache is located on private property. Though to some it may appear that is but the cache IS NOT on private property though it is very close. There is no reason why you should venture on to that property and also don't worry. The owner knows all about geocaching and actually because of this cache a couple of his young kids are now into this great sport.

Otherwise, when you find the cache please re-hide it exactly as you found it and make sure you aren't being watched by any muggles!

Happy Caching!

Congratulations to Adroit Seeker in getting the FTF!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh ner abg ybbxvat sbe ybpx a ybpx pbagnvare

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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