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It's 2020, the year where anything can happen.
The #MinCup2020 bracket is sticking to the rules with all official minerals. Voting starts September 1st.
Who will join legends #Olivine (2017), #Garnet (2018), & #IceMin (2019) to be this year's #champion?
The #MinCup2020 bracket is sticking to the rules with all official minerals. Voting starts September 1st.
Who will join legends #Olivine (2017), #Garnet (2018), & #IceMin (2019) to be this year's #champion?
#MinCup2020 is kicking off quasi-alphabetically in a battle of peacock ore #Bornite vs poisonous red #Cinnabar
Pick your champion, make your arguments, and VOTE!
Pick your champion, make your arguments, and VOTE!
I promised I’d be nice to #Quartz this #MinCup, although SOME people think it’s mean to point out you can access quartz’s electrical properties by hitting, squishing, or sawing it.
So, fine. Strategy tip. Why not tap existing Steven Universe fans to recruit voters?
So, fine. Strategy tip. Why not tap existing Steven Universe fans to recruit voters?
The .gif opportunities are amazing considering Amethyst (the purple gem of #Quartz) is a major character.
Here she is getting a helping hand from #MinCup2018’s champion #Garnet:
Here she is getting a helping hand from #MinCup2018’s champion #Garnet:
One of the reoccurring #MinCup2019 arguments is that #Quartz is more stable than #IceMin at surface temperatures.
You’ve got a .gif for that. NO ONE USED IT THE ENTIRE CUP. Come on, it’s in the first handful of “Amethyst Steven Universe” .gifs pre-loaded into the Twitter app!
You’ve got a .gif for that. NO ONE USED IT THE ENTIRE CUP. Come on, it’s in the first handful of “Amethyst Steven Universe” .gifs pre-loaded into the Twitter app!
We’re in the semi-finals of #MinCup2019 & I Have Opinions.
This is the year of #ClimateChange, the year we hit the tipping point of enough people caring to finally get to the large-scale hard work.
Our winner has to be ice or #calcite (tomorrow’s semi-finalist). #IceMin
This is the year of #ClimateChange, the year we hit the tipping point of enough people caring to finally get to the large-scale hard work.
Our winner has to be ice or #calcite (tomorrow’s semi-finalist). #IceMin
#Olivine is a good mineral, a former 2017 #MinCup champion & one I campaigned for in past years.
It has so many cool quirks, including making green sand (!!). But it already won before.
It has so many cool quirks, including making green sand (!!). But it already won before.
Every year, people are startled to learn #IceMin is a mineral!
It’s naturally occurring, solid, has definite composition, & a repeating crystalline structure. As long as you find it in the wild, it checks every box.
Want it solid at room temperature? Ice VII trapped in diamond.
It’s naturally occurring, solid, has definite composition, & a repeating crystalline structure. As long as you find it in the wild, it checks every box.
Want it solid at room temperature? Ice VII trapped in diamond.
