#MinCup2024
ok team #Cacoxenite
wtf even IS this thing?
will have to investigate:
first view is very clean but hides the Al, 2nd view shows the Al
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 😹
How is it this late into August already?!
NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR #MINCUP2024!!!
Suggest minerals for this year's competition before we put the bracket together: www.mineralcup.org/nominations
What do Mozart, Christopher Columbus and J.P. Morgan have in common? It turns out they all have minerals named after them. A new member of this exclusive club has recently been inducted: Mercouri Kanatzidis, materials scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and professor at Northwestern University.
Barry Goldman
GeologistsCat
grateful wolf
Mineral Cup & Ore Cup