MISummerFun 2022 - Search For Petoskey Stones Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/22/2022
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Welcome to the inaugural MI_SUMMER_FUN series. In this series, there are 14 caches plus one mystery bonus cache. In order to locate the bonus, you need to visit this cache and 13 others in this series first. At each cache you will find a bonus code that will substitute in to the following phrase (observe the capitalization) and form the final coordinates (there is a checker at the bottom of the cache page).

 

CAcHESUMmeRFuN

A Petoskey stone is a rock and a fossil, often pebble-shaped, that is composed of a fossilized rugose coral, Hexagonaria percarinata. Such stones were formed because of glaciation, in which sheets of ice plucked stones from the bedrock, grinding off their rough edges and depositing them in the northwestern (and some in the northeastern) portion of Michigan's lower peninsula. In those same areas of Michigan, complete fossilized coral colony heads can be found in the source rocks for the Petoskey stones.

Petoskey stones are found in the Gravel Point Formation of the Traverse Group. They are fragments of a coral reef that was originally deposited during the Devonian period When dry, the stone resembles ordinary limestone but when wet or polished using lapidary techniques, the distinctive mottled pattern of the six-sided coral fossils emerges. It is sometimes made into decorative objects. Other forms of fossilized coral are also found in the same location. In 1965, it was named the state stone of Michigan.

Petoskey stones can be found on various beaches and inland locations in Michigan, with many of the most popular Petoskey stone beaches stretching from Traverse City to Petoskey along Lake Michigan. The movement of the frozen lake ice acting on the shore during the winters is thought to turn over stones at the shore of Lake Michigan, exposing new Petoskey stones at the water's edge each spring. The type of coral that forms the basis of Petoskey Stones is also present in the fossil records of Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, New York and locations in Canada, Germany, England, and Asia.


The series this year focuses on fun summer activities that you can (maybe) only do in the great state of Michigan! The caches in this series are: 
Walk Across The Mackinaw Bridge
Explore The Gerald R Ford Museum
Take A Sand Dune Buggy Ride
Dive A Great Lake Shipwreck
Hunt For Yooperlites
Search For Petoskey Stones
Go Wild At Michigan Adventure
Chase That White Ball
Trail Ride In A Topless Jeep
Enjoy A Pronto Pup
Climb A Lighthouse
Celebrate Christmas In July
Paddle The Pictured Rocks
Root Root Root For The Tigers
GO GEOCACHING!! (Bonus)

This year's MI_SUMMER_FUN team was comprised of the following cachers (listed alphabetically). We hope you enjoy the series!

CCSquire
MIKEY MAC
RedhedMary
TJPost
Wayward Wanderers

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