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Element Six Traditional Cache

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Nomex: Temporarily Archiving until construction is complete. Contact me when the cache is back in place, and I will review the placement again.

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Hidden : 10/13/2011
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The element with atomic number six is carbon.

Carbon is the most important element to human life. Carbon’s unique property of polymer-forming at the temperatures commonly encountered on Earth, make it the back bone of all organic material. Carbon forms more compounds than any other element, with almost ten million pure organic compounds described to date. And carbon is the chemical basis of all known life.

There are several allotropes of carbon, of which the best known are graphite, diamond, and amorphous carbon. While graphite and amorphous carbon are soft, and dark, diamond is the hardest material known. And it has extremely high thermal conductivity, even higher than metals. Other than jewelry usage, diamond is one of the most useful industrial material, due to its unique thermal and mechanical properties. Carbon nano tubes and fibers have been researched extensively and begin to be used in practical application. Graphene appears to be the strongest material ever tested.

The best known allotropes of carbon is diamond. Diamond has been known by human since ancient time. Most people believe that "A Diamond Is Forever" is a long tradition in western civilian. On the contrary, it is a advertising slogan created by a diamond company in 1947. It has been named as the best advertising slogan of the twentieth century. The image of diamond as a valuable commodity has been preserved through clever marketing campaigns (as, indeed, is the case with many other luxury products). The company behind all the marketing campaigns is De Beers, which controls a significant proportion of the trade in diamonds.

Today De Beers opens a new shop in Santa Clara. This cache leads to the shop of Element Six (the synthetic diamonds division of the De Beers Group) to witness the invasion of element six to element 14 territory.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

zntargvp

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)