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  1. @mativity Football size Rhodochrosite crystal? Yes, please! Thanks, Rusty!

    #MinCup24

  2. This is worth waiting for! Enjoy your champion in all its beauty. Rhodochrosite, Mineral Cup 24 Champion.

    ⚒️🧪🖖🏼 geology #MinCup24

    mineralcup.org/champion

  3. #MinCup24 Thinking about next year’s minerals already? We are too! Nominate yours now!

    mineralcup.org/nominations

  4. Rhodochrosite has won the Mineral Cup!

    Well done @mineralcup.bsky.social and congratulations to the meat rock fans! #MinCup24 was a great success as always.

    Here’s my final excuse to post my Lino block print Rhodochrosite.

    Next year I have a different print to suggest. 😉

    #sciart #scicomm #minerals

  5. We will meet you here at 6:00 GMT tomorrow. This will give us more time to collect your victory posts and comments. We salute your passion for the minerals and your willingness to share, teach, and learn. We hope you had as much fun as we did! Next year will be even more exciting. Stay tuned! #MinCup24

  6. We’ll be gathering up our favourite posts about Rhodochrosite to do one final celebration tomorrow. Until then, thank you for playing! You can learn about the volunteer team behind the Cup, fill out our annual post-game survey, and nominate minerals for next year. #MinCup24👇🏼

  7. Rhodochrosite is this year’s champion for its stunning appearance, valuable ore, and most importantly, for reminding us how much social circles influence voting decisions. As we head into election season in several countries around the world, remember that your voice and your vote matter. #MinCup24 👇🏼

  8. Rhodochrosite first competed in Mineral Cup in 2021, where it promptly lost (very badly!) to to bright green carbonate Malachite during its very first match. Defeated, it sat out 2022, before getting a second chance to start over in 2023, where it had a solid run before being defeated by Perovskite in the Quarterfinals. This year, it took vengeance during a Semifinals rematch against Perovskite, then handily defeated Kyanite to take the 2024 Championship. 🧵 continued in replies
    #MinCup24

  9. #MinCup24

    After a hard-fought, record-breaking battle, the winner of Mineral Cup 2024 is Rhodochrosite! The light-hearted campaign brought home the bacon, and it couldn’t have been more tasty. Kudos to #TeamKyanite; well done!

  10. Repost from Adriana Guatame
    (@adriguatame.bsky.social):
    With I always remember this video created by Stacey Phillips via the Mineralogical Society (the LEGO stop motion science videos)

    youtube.com/watch?v=4tm5DrTU0W8

  11. All my faves have been defeated so here’s your chance to convince me to vote in the finals of #MinCup24!

    Shall it be Rhodochrosite so we never have to hear the chants of “meat rock” again?

    Or should I vote for pretty blue Kyanite, used in ceramics, gems & as an index mineral?

    Convince me.

    #scicomm #minerals #sciart

  12. While you’re at it, take a moment to fill out the player’s survey. Your feedback will give us lots of great information and help make Mineral Cup even better. #MinCup24

    mineralcup.org/players-survey

  13. Learn all about the good people that bring Mineral Cup to you every year, despite snafus, tons of work, and loss of sleep. Hope you’ve enjoyed every minute of it! We have! #MinCup24

    mineralcup.org/2024/volunteers

  14. REMINDER:
    If you have any photos of our #MinCup24 finalists you want us to share on the website, drop us an email at [email protected]

    Please include how you want to be credited!

  15. Some non #MinCup24 related mineralogy.
    The discussions around calcite made me think of the database of grains in sediment from my 2023 paper (nature.com/articles/s41598-023).
    There is this thing we tell: aragonite is more common in the #ocean in low latitudes than in high latitudes. But I can show that with my #research !
    I reprocessed the data for the shelves to show how carbonate grain mineralogy changes with latitude - for the #sedimentology classroom.

  16. Live action from the #MinCup24 Grand Final...

    (apologies to The Oatmeal)

  17. It's the #MinCup24 finals! There were ups and downs, but my favorite Rhodochrosite has made it to the finals! Please vote for this lovely pink mineral that has inspired many legends 😊

    mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r5m1

    #minerals

  18. We made to the final round of #MinCup24, it's the moment - Red vs. Blue!

    Rhodochrosite, a flamboyant carbonate and possibly a key to the Mn cycle up agians Kyanite, a bladed aluminosilicate. While we still want revenge for Calcite, it's Go #TeamCarboante!

    mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r5m1

  19. Alright fine. I guess we're doing red vs blue (someone who paid more attention to RvB than me should haul out the quotes.) (... well okay it's more that I've never seen the first like. Idk 5 seasons? With captions so I genuinely dgaf. I have an autograph from... someone roosterteeth circa 2010 tho), so ANYWAY tangent aside, while the meat rock looks tasty, you can't eat it. So one must go with #kyanite!! #MinCup24

    via @MineralCup

    mastodon.social/@MineralCup/11

  20. #MinCup24 R5M1: #Rhodochrosite versus #Kyanite

    Rhodochrosite, also known as Rosa del Inca and Raspberry Spar is a distinctive pink-to-red carbonate that is a mix of utility and charm. Kyanite, while famous for being blue, can be a wide variety of colours, often zoned and sometimes pleochroic.

    VOTE: mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r5m1

    ⚒️🧪 geology

  21. #MinCup24

    ⚒️🧪geology

    Congratulations, #Kyanite. Blue blades sharpened, you move to the finale. Will it be enough to take home the bacon? Farewell #Dioptase. Your sparkle will light your exotic desert until next year.