Claudia ZahnFeb 15, 2025
#Cacoxenite
#Spain
Chemical Formula: Fe3+24Al(PO4)17O6(OH)12·17H2
FOV width 3 mm
Photo by Christian Rewitzer
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
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Claudia ZahnJan 4, 2025

Amazing #Cacoxenite from Hot-Spring ( Arkansas; #USA). FOV:3,6mm vertical.

Photo Copyright ©️ Toth László
By #GeologyWonders
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Mineral Cup & Ore CupSep 15, 2024

#MinCup24

Congratulations to #charoite! Your purpleness won the day. And farewell to #cacoxenite. We will miss you cute little orange fluff balls!

Barry GoldmanSep 14, 2024

#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

GeologistsCatSep 14, 2024
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
Bill MinarikSep 14, 2024

h/t to Bob McMeeking
@luddchem

#Cacoxenite structure from another site.

@MineralCup #MinCup24

Mineral Cup & Ore CupSep 14, 2024

#MinCup24 R1 M14: #Cacoxenite versus #Charoite

"Bad guest" Cacoxenite returns as a fragile fluffball of translucent orange.
Newbie Charoite is such a striking purple, people once thought it was dyed.

They're both beautiful with unusual shapes, but only one moves on to Round 2!

VOTE: https://www.mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r1m14

⚒️🧪 geology

Round 1 Match 14 — Mineral Cup

Cacoxenite vs Charoite

Mineral Cup
InoruSep 23, 2023
Hrmmm neither #cacoxenite nor #kyanite are very chaotic so I'm just gonna tap the screen and let the vote fall where it wills. That counts as chaos, right? 🤣 #MinCup23
Mineral Cup & Ore CupSep 23, 2023
There’s just over 90 minutes left before voting closes and currently it looks as if bad guest #Cacoxenite is about to leave #MinCup23 while #Kyanite takes on the pressure of Round 3.
Want to change the outcome? Recruit new players, make your arguments and vote!
Vote here: https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-2-match-7
Results here: https://www.mineralcup.org/results/round-2-match-7
Vote in Round 2 Match 7 — Mineral Cup

Orange puffballs vs blue sceptres! These charming beauties are in a dance-off as bad guest Cacoxeniteis crashes the party while metamorphic index mineral Kyanite sings the blues of formation conditions. Which one will waltz into Round 3?

Mineral Cup
GeologistsCatSep 23, 2023
Today's #MinCup23 duel is between #Kyanite aka #Disthene & #Cacoxenite. The duel between the #sunflower #mineral and the mineral of 2 hardnesses...
I go for Disthene🐾
#DoesItCat? Yes
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