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This is the official profile of the International Mineralogical Association's Commission on Ore Minerals (IMA-COM). Stay tuned for pretty pictures of ore minerals, and anything /everything ore mineral related.
https://mineralogy-ima.org/COM_Strategy.htm
#IMA #OreMinerals
https://mineralogy-ima.org/COM_Strategy.htm
#IMA #OreMinerals
Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
John Francis 🇨🇦🦫🍁💪⬆️Voted for chrysotile in #MineralCup
It gets a bad rap as misused asbestos.
But it's one of the minerals produced by serpentinization, the transformation of certain mafic and ultramafic minerals that produces vast amounts of natural hydrogen, just waiting to be harvested as a safe energy source.
Sulfide_SleuthCongratulations to this guy for winning the inaugural Ore Cup and becoming the International Mineralogical Association's Ore mineral of the year!
https://www.mineralcup.org/
Go copper metal, you might not be a sulfide mineral but you still rock.
Image: Worlds largest chunk of mined vein copper. 19 tonnes of native copper!
#OreCup25 #orecup #MineralCup
#keweenaw #coppercountry #nativecopper #MichiganRocks #michigan
#OreCup25 @MineralCup
Native copper nuggets sticking out of the ground in the Adventure Mine, N. Michigan.
Rock hammer for scale.
Native copper nuggets sticking out of the ground in the Adventure Mine, N. Michigan.
Rock hammer for scale.
Bill MinarikNative copper in a sedimentary conglomerate. It is proposed that detrital hematite reacts with copper sulfate solutions to reduce the copper and the fluids carry away the iron and sulfur.
From Calumet and Hekla Mine, Michigan. University of Waterloo Earth Sciences Museum Collection.
#OreCup25 #MinCup25 #Copper #Michigan #UpperPeninsula #UWaterloo
#OreCup25 #orecup #MineralCup
While the big times of Native copper mining in Northern Michigan is long behind us, the residue of those old mines are modern gold (well copper really) mines. Some of these wasre rock piles still have percent levels of native copper in them. A much more ecologically friendly solution to sourcing the copper need, especially since copper is usually in the form of sulfide minerals which leads to acid mine runoff and leaching of contaminants unless treated very carefully.
Image: copper metal from a waste rock pile at the Quincey Mine.
Note: Quincey Mine is private property and collecting and rockhounding is strictly prohibited, unless you have a collecting permission for research.
Vicky VeritasCopper fans, we did it! Copper is the very FIRST Ore Cup Champion & the Ore Mineral of the Year. Great job! 🙌
Thank you, Mineral Cup team. The content has been extra excellent, & another great Cup. Kudos! 290 days until #MinCup26 !
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
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#OreCup FINALS:
Place your vote to decide the IMA Ore Mineral of the Year! Are you a fan of the classic native metal #Copper, or the slippery silver #Molybdenite that evaded being pinned down for so long?
#OreCup R2M2: Silver hexagons for alloys & lubricants, or rainbow patches for copper wires & parts? It’s #Molybdenite vs #Bornite for which ore mineral moves to the final round.
vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r2m2
results: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/results-r2m2
It’s the #OreCup semifinals! Are you voting for #copper, the start of humans learning metallurgy? Or are you enamoured with titanium ore #ilmenite and the high performance technology it enables?
vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r2m1
results: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/results-r2m1
