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Congratulations, #Topaz Your many-hued gemstones have made our eyes sparkle. Farewell #Charoite. Your starry skies have left us wistfully gazing into the future.

Please vote for the beautiful, purple #Charoite in today's #MinCup24. Slightly radioactive ☢️ & weakly fluorescent, and so 'Deep Purple' people first thought it was dyed, we have a pretty unreal 'metal' 🤘 pick to beat boring yellow-brownish topaz. Charoite needs your help!

https://www.mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r2m8

Previous round campaign posts for more charoite info and far better pics:
https://www.mineralcup.org/2024/results/r1m14

#DeepPurple #goth

#MinCup24 R2M8: #Charoite versus #Topaz

Chaorite is an intensely purple mineral with a fibrous, swirly pattern that’s been compared to Van Gogh’s Starry Night. It forms from contact metamorphism in Siberia.

Topaz is a hard, many-hued gemstone that crystallizes along the fractures in igneous rock, and is mined all over the world. It is pleochroic; i.e. it can appear different colors from different angles.

Time to choose your mineral!

VOTE: https://www.mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r2m8

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#MinCup24

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