“The Zagros fold and thrust belt hosts the most unique outcrops of the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian (540 million yrs) salts which have travelled up to 11 kilometers through their sedimentary overburden and have produced versatile beautiful salt domes and salt glaciers.” #TeamSalty #StaySalty #MinCup26

Don't forget to vote in #MinCup26 semi-finals! Stay salty, vote #halite!

And be sure to vote in #MinCup26 (preferably for our lickable halite, but whichever you choose!)

I like big cubes and I cannot lie! Vote for the mineral that literally moves mountains. #StaySalty Vote #Halite!

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Ahhhhh decisions are getting so difficult! Going to go for the salt dome champion though: Vote #Halite for #MinCup26!

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#MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿

#MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿

#MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿

Cleaned & validated the first 6 hours.

#MinCup26 SF1 is really this close to a tie. As always, the best way to shift the vote is to recruit new players

Here's the link to vote in #MinCup26
www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

For those still undecided about how spectacular #Halite can be when you vote for it in #MinCup26 asap, I can personally attest to the beauty of these carved chambers deep below the mountains near Krakow! Even the chandeliers are rock salt!

Have you ever made ice cream by hand?
Or had a fave savoury brand?
Halite's helped you,
So give it its due!
Unless you like all your food bland.

VOTE HALITE
#MinCup26

I like halite and cuprite as well, but let’s be serious at this point: only quartz offers such a wealth of shapes and colors—and so much enjoyment for amateur mineralogists like myself.

#QuartzDeservesToWin

#MinCup26