Time to learn a little bit about the beaches of Bimini. For sandy beaches this is the place to come!
Durng our recent visit here I noticed that there weren't a lot of caches in the area for visitors to find. This one is one of those that would be a perfect cache for visitors to the area.
What is sand?
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class of soil or soil type; i.e., a soil containing more than 85 percent sand-sized particles by mass.
The composition of sand varies, depending on the local rock sources and conditions, but the most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal settings is silica (silicon dioxide, or SiO2), usually in the form of quartz.
Calcium carbonate is the second most common type of sand. One such example of this is aragonite, which has been created over the past 500 million years by various forms of life, such as coral and shellfish. It is the primary form of sand apparent in areas where reefs have dominated the ecosystem for millions of years, as in the Caribbean. Somewhat more rarely, sand may be composed of calcium sulfate, such as gypsum and selenite, as is found in places such as White Sands National Park and Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in the U.S.
Sand is a non-renewable resource over human timescales, and sand suitable for making concrete is in high demand. Desert sand, although plentiful, is not suitable for concrete. Fifty billion tons of beach sand and fossil sand are used each year for construction.
To claim this find here are a few simple questions that you need to answer:
1. What are the 2 most common types/components of sand?
2. Is the sand here a fine or coarse grain?
3. What color is the sand here?
4. Do you see much in the way of shells or coral mixed in the sand here?
5. (REQUIRED] In accordance with the updated guidelines from Geocaching Headquarters published in June 2019, photos are now an acceptable logging requirement and WILL BE REQUIRED TO LOG THIS CACHE. Please post a photo in your log of yourself or a personal item at GZ or even your Cruise ship in the background as well!
Now time to sit back and enjoy the beach that you've just discovered