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Also, the #MinCup23 #zircon victory has been published if you’d like an appetizer while you ready your strategies for #MinCup24! Mineral Cup is coming September 1st!!

https://www.mineralcup.org/about/2023

They just announced Mineral and Fossil of the Year 2024 in Hungary! Mineral is corundum, and fossil is the woolly mammoth.
Also, Mineral Resource of the Year will be copper.

Yay!

#minerals #MinCup23 #fossils #gems

When not writing stories about #zircon for #MinCup23 (hooray!), I can be found on occasion doing other #scicomm. This is from an event over the weekend at the #Australian Parliament House Open Day (to mark 35 years since the opening). Geoscience Australia were invited to tell the stories of the beautiful architectural #stone from around the world used in the design of the building (see examples in the picture). We also threw in some local rocks and #fossils and some of our awesome interactive tubs. It was a busy day but always interesting to talk to the public. Big thanks to the GA and APH organisers for a great day!

Well heck. The winner I was expecting. (Can we have an unexpected winner next year? 🤣) congrats, #zircon! #MinCup23

#Zircon and #Perovskite are worthy adversaries. Congratulations!

Next year is the year of #sapphirine. Momentum is building -it received 100's of more votes than last year.

Go Blue! Go Sapphirine!
#MInCup23 #Granulite

#TeamZircon This is all you! Congratulations! #MinCup23 Champions! Good job #TeamPerovskite!

An amazing month of mineral facts, photos, and fun. The organizers of #MinCup23, @MineralCup have done an astounding job of keeping everything straight and maintaining the enthusiasm. Thank you!

Thanks also to www.MinDat.org for their support and resources.

#TeamZircon our lead is gone!

If there's anyone you can convince to vote, now's the time

https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-5-match-1
#MinCup23

Less than 4 hours remaining to recruit new players and ensure #Zircon is crowned #MinCup23 champion!

#Zircon shock twins in zircon with planar fractures in Chicxulub quartz-monzodiorite dike. Do not be complacent #TeamZircon. Call your grandma and your Great Uncle Bob. Rally your colleagues and students. Pester your parents. Annoy your neighbors. This is it! We still need some zircon magic to keep the votes coming! #ZirconRemembers #MinCup23

Vote here: https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-5-match-1

Brilliant. You can assure this is the last time :) Come join the meme team, and vote for #TeamZircon #MinCup23 #Zircon

#MinCup23 Here's a gorgeous big zircon crystal in a rock thin section of a Lewisian gneiss from Rodil in South Harris. Field of view about 2mm wide. 🥰 🤩 #VoteZircon #Geology #Mineralogy #Lewisian

Do you like sparkle? Gem-quality zircon has a higher refractive index than sapphires or rubies. Blue zircons are more expensive, and are usually are heat-treated. Do not confuse them with cubic zirconium. More here: https://marksingermandesigns.com/2016/12/14/five-essential-things-to-know-about-zircon-gemstones/

#ZirconsAreForever #MinCup23 #Zircon

#MinCup23 Enjoy FUN WITH ZIRCON - award-winning short video by Glasgow student Mirren Green, to accompany her final year lab project in 2019 😊 Vote zircon!!! #Zircon #Geology #Mineralogy #Iona #Lewisian https://youtu.be/W_GuozXgpR8?si=VmkehYZVqE2h_bqW

https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-5-match-1 And for chrissakes don't vote for #Zircon. It wins every year.

#MinCup23 #MineralCup

#MinCup23 It's the FINAL!! Vote zircon - the friend of the foramanifera 🥰 https://aus.social/@ksircombe/111156616671274672