Vote #zircon #mincup2022

Today’s mineral matchup is a battle between the generation III Pokémon games! #MinCup2022

Today I found out that #vivianite was first found down the road from me in Cornwall, so it was a quick and easy #MinCup2022 vote! Vivianite is a secondary mineral so it appears in a range of geological settings and an even replace organic material~

Well I have a bias for cinnabar. From volcanoes to sediments to volcanoes again and finally lacquerware. Random videos when we were isolated during covid. #MinCup2022 ⁦Mineral Cup #MinCup⁩

According to folklore, seeing the #ikaite columns was a bad omen. These were ghosts of Vikings who drowned as they were chased to the ice during a battle. Took this pic in the Ikka fjord, Greenland, on a windless day in 2018. Still trembling. #MinCup 2022 #MinCup

This #MineralMonday honours the mineral fluorite, the winner of #MinCup2022 ! Enjoy this ice blue fluorite.

Quartz makes great sand. This thin-section view (cross polarized) from a Cambrian beach of NY State. Well-rounded quartz with quartz overgrowths. #Mincup2022 #Quartz #Cambrian #GalwayFormation

Mineral Cup #MinCup Our vote is for #kaolinite ! #MinCup2022

#MinCup2022 gotta be #zircon for me. Not only its kind accomodation of U-Pb dating, but also its often brilliant internal zoning as shown by cathodoluminescence.

One of my favourite specimens of zircon for #MinCup2022 , this one is from Seiland Island, Norway. #MineralMonday #TeamZircon

#Zircon , of course Zircon!! #MinCup2022
Ages, petrogenetic information, provenance... And look at those textures!!!

Usually I would vote for time-keeper zircon. But I've had some fun playing with fluorite recently. Just look at how pretty it is... #MINCUP2022 #finals #votefluorite

Unusual rich shape of #Zircon crystal from pegmatite near Centovalli, Italy.

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Here’s my favorite #Wulfenite for Mineral Cup #MinCup #MinCup2022 . Mammoth mine, Pinal co, Arizona.

It has to be crocoite- clearly a cultural icon!
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Very sad 😞 for timelord #Zircon defeat in Mineral Cup #MinCup #MINCUP2022 however one must endure even the greatest pressures as this folded migmatitic gneiss form northern Norway, and go for new challenges #TeamZircon #Respect (we will have some Zr from this beauty, stay tuned!)

Mineral Cup #MinCup #TeamFluorite forever! (Fluorspar district, southern Illinois, USA) #MinCup2022

I know I said I’d dye my hair #ammineite for #MinCup2022 , but then I saw #vivianite and decided spooky season needed a dark green mineral that grows on dead things!

Unusual pink #Fluorite on the ore vein with #Pyrite and etched #Galena (probably) from Huanzala, Peru.

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Doing my own mini #MinCup2022 as I replace my display after cleaning. Coupled with the spheres and eggs they give me hours of enjoyment. #minerals