Today at #MinCup24. We are in the semifinals & my favourit is the #DoesItCat #mineral #kyanite/#disthene-the mineral of 2 hardnesses-or in cat-of the 2 softnesses. II the c-axis {001} it has a 5 & perpendicular to it a 7 on the #MohsScale.
Go #TeamKyanite 🐾

#GeologyWithCats #geology #MineralCup #CatsOfMastodon

Today it's #Charoite vs #Cacoxenite in #MinCup24. This one is an easy decision I vote for the ginger, round and fluffy #mineral. It's almost like me😻 So #TeamCacoxenite I am😻 Mmh shouldn't the name be Catoxenite?
The question #DoesItCat must be answered with yes
Today's #MinCup duell is #quartz against #quicksilver. I can be flexible as quicksilver & sluggish in reaction like quartz 🙀 So both are #DoesItCat #minerals.
I vote for quartz & show you a #fossil spiritlevel made of quartz😻
#MinCup24 #quarz #mercury #mineral #catsoftwittter #CatsOfMastodon

Today is the first duel of #MinCup2024. It's the well known #kaolinite, an important ingredient for #porcelain/#china, vs. the rare #mineral #abelsonite. Doesn't matter how rare... #foodbowl beats everything 😹
#DoesItCat ? Of course 😹

#geologywithcats
#MinCup24 #TeamKaolinite

Before I forget. Many thanks to the @MineralCup team for moderating the competition!
Many thanks to all my friends and furriends who took part in #MinCup23. We are very curious about which #minerals take part next year....
Simba🐾
#MinCup23 #CatsOfTwitter #Mincup2023 #DoesItCat #catsofmastodon
Do you remember #MinCup21 ? Look this is us supporting #zircon 2 years ago and we do so again in #MinCup23 . #Perovskite would in our opinion also deserve to win... , because I am in #TeamPerovskitty and in team #chatoyancy
#DoesItCat ? You betcha 🐾
Today its easy for my to make a decision at #MinCup23. I vote for #Perovskite the #CAT iO3 #mineral. Its impawtent in solar panel science & makes implants bond with the body tissue
Go #TeamPerovskite or was it #TeamPerovskitty
#DoesItCat? Yes🐾
Your Mineral Expurrt
Simba
@MineralCup Today at #MinCup23 I have no idea for which of my favourite #minerals I should vote🙀#Calcite or #Zircon. Both are beauties, both are #DoesItCat minerals. Calcite for pawsome anisotropy in thermal expansion (presented by angel Ornella🌈) or Zircon the survivor for its many lives?
Mineral Cup & Ore Cup

Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Today at #MinCup23 it's the #cat eye green #Dioptase vs #Zircon one of the sturdiest #minerals. Some zircons I heard are older than my humans. Zircon can also #chatoyancy & #CAThodoluminescence.
That's a lot of #DoesItCat arguments🐾
I'm not telling what's my favourite #mineral