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Ele012 - Magnesium - (Elements Series) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 6/15/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The Periodic Table of Elements - 12 - Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg, an atomic number of 12.  It has an atomic weight of 24.3050. 

Things you might not know about Magnesium:

  1. Magnesium is the most abundant elements found in the earth's crust.
  2. Magnesium is needed for more than 300 biological processes and a variety of functions in the human body. It is used by the living cells to process and regenerate energy
  3. Mixed with iron it is called thermite!
  4. The wick of a trick candle has small amounts of magnesium in them. When you light the candle, you are also lighting the magnesium. When someone tries to blow out the flame, the magnesium inside the wick continues to burn and, in just a split second (or two or three), relights the wick.

 

See GC2XAY2 - Hydrogen, for an explanation about this series of caches.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg'f abg va gur cvar. Vgf guebhtu gur pyrnevat va gur onpx urnqvat fbhgu.

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)