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Chemical soup Mystery Cache

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klossner: This cache was hidden in a little park outside the administrative offices of the local sewage treatment plant. The park features pools of clean water taken from treated sewage -- "chemical soup." Along the paved pathways are light fixtures, about three feet tall, with the reflector pointing down to illuminate the path. A piece of clear thick plastic covers each reflector to protect the lamp, but one piece was mostly broken off. This cache, then, was a magnetic keyholder placed next to the light bulb up inside that fixture. You had to get on the ground and look up to see it.

Today I found that somebody had replaced the plastic cover, but had left the cache in place! See the enclosed photo. I used a screwdriver to open up the enclosure and retrieve the cache.

I couldn't "repair" this cache by breaking the new cover and I couldn't find another suitable hiding place, so it's time to archive this one. Thanks to everybody who hunted it.

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Hidden : 12/30/2004
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Better living through chemistry!

The above coordinates are NOT those of the cache. Instead, they are floating in this chemical soup:
  • ETHYLAMINE
  • BORON NITRIDE
  • CYCLOTRIMETHYLENETRINITRAMINE
  • ETHOXYMETHYLENEMALONONITRILE
  • CYANOGEN FLUORIDE
  • MERCURY POTASSIUM IODIDE

Checksum: the sum of the 15 digits of the coordinates is 56.

This is a micro, so bring your own writing utensil.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: vtaber senpgvbany cnegf. Ybpngvba: znxr yvxr n zbgu.

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)