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ELEMENT-ary Mystery Cache

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RecipeForDisaster: It pains me to say goodbye to what I think was our first puzzle cache... It was in a cemetery between the road (this road may actually be closed soon anyway) and Providence Water Supply property. Providence Water accidentally fenced the cemetery off from the road instead of the usual procedure where the fence spares the cemetery. They are not willing to revise the fence so there is no way to access this cemetery anymore :( I sure hope this doesn't happen elsewhere.

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Hidden : 3/20/2012
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Coordinates are to North Scituate Elementary School, which is NOT where the cache is.

Cache area has ticks and uneven ground but is a very short walk from the car. Look for open section in wire fencing to enter. Not snow friendly, small Lock & Lock.

Your mission is to decipher each element and use its atomic number to figure out the coordinates... the asterisks(*) indicate that you must figure out the primary element in that item(i.e. limestone=calcium), or just figure out what element is being referred to and THEN figure out its atomic number.

Remember that this is the format to find the cache, you will need to put in your own degree sign and decimals: N xx° xx.xxx W xxx° xx.xxx


NORTH

Beryllium

Element combined with oxygen to create water*

Tin

Titanium

Gas administered via nasal cannula when ill*


WEST


(free zero!)

Most abundant element in air*

Reynolds wrap(tm)(not the plastic film kind)*

Graphite*

Boron

Selenium

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.



Please only go for this one between dawn and dusk.

Pedometer for first to find.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cvyr bs pneoba, ulqebtra, & bkltra.

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)